Topic: Lse

A space policy expert at the London School of Economics has called for future messages to aliens to be more diverse, criticizing the original Pioneer 10 plaque for being "submissive" to women. Meanwhile, Facebook is testing a tool to make changing profile pictures for social causes seamless. The hosts mock these priorities as "moral self-licensing" while global conflicts continue.

The educational backgrounds of Barack Obama's cabinet appointees show a high representation from the London School of Economics (LSE) and Harvard. Figures like Peter Orszag and Pete Rouse are LSE graduates, signaling a shift from the Yale-dominated Bush administration. The lack of West Coast representation from schools like Berkeley or Caltech in the federal government is highlighted as a continuing trend of Ivy League elitism.