Several people have asked about my views on controversy swirling around the blogosphere about journalists/blogger ethics. Given the subjects that I research, and the controversial topics that I write about, I thought it best to document my own situation.
I presently hold appointments at five great universities—Duke, Harvard, Emory, UC-Berkeley, and Singularity. Duke pays me a base salary; Harvard pays for travel and funds some of my research; Emory pays me an honorarium for talks that I give there; UC-Berkeley is too broke to pay anyone anything; and I am not accepting payment from Singularity. This is my way of giving back to the world. I have gained a lot from my education and from society. What better way to give back than to impart education?
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