<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear colleagues and friend,<div><br></div><div>Did you see my column in the MIT Faculty Newsletter? <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; ">It is "Can We Make Smart = Nice?" </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><a href="http://bit.ly/XWWZTY"><u><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; ">http://bit.ly/XWWZTY</span></u></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "> asking, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; ">"Does MIT culture unintentionally give people an excuse to be rude?" </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; ">I told FNL editor David Lewis that I would share with him any comments I get. I've already received two, one from a professor emeritus and that may turn into a letter to the editor in the next FNL issue.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; ">Kind regards,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; ">Eve</span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><br></span></div><div></div></div></body></html>