Harvard Admissions vs. Ethereum Governance: The Power Struggle Behind Quota Limits

2025-12-30 09:41:11

[Crypto World] An interesting perspective: Harvard University’s admissions system looks like Bitcoin—rules are clear and the total supply is fixed—but its underlying operational logic is actually more similar to Ethereum governance.

It sounds a bit convoluted, but once you think about it, it’s clear—Harvard packages its admission quotas tightly, as if they are rules engraved in stone. But in reality? There is a lot of room for human adjustment, with various social consensus and layered policies constantly at play, which is somewhat like how the Ethereum community adjusts protocols through governance.

What’s the most ironic? Harvard desperately claims “we just follow the quotas,” using this number as a shield, but in fact, it masks a truth—the entire admissions decision process is fully programmable and entirely mutable. The real issue isn’t the total limit itself, but who holds the decision-making power behind these limits, and whether that power is accountable.

This kind of “excuse mechanism” to evade transparency is actually rare in Web3. Perhaps traditional institutions still have something to learn.

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ForeverBuyingDips

· 15h ago

This Harvard trick is actually just centralized governance wearing the disguise of decentralization. The so-called fixed quotas are still ultimately decided by the people above 🤐.

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SighingCashier

· 19h ago

Harvard's way of talking is just ridiculous. Just like on-chain governance, whoever has the power gets to decide.

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StableBoi

· 2025-12-30 10:10

Harvard's set of rhetoric is indeed brilliant, using numbers as shields... The real power game happens in the shadows.

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Layer2Arbitrageur

· 2025-12-30 10:09

lmao harvard just running governance attacks without even acknowledging it. that's not bitcoin rails, that's a full governance exploit waiting to be audited. honestly if they were smart they'd just admit the whole thing's programmable—way less sus than pretending it's immutable. classic centralized cope move tbh.

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GhostAddressHunter

· 2025-12-30 10:09

Haha, that's a brilliant point. Essentially, it's just an excuse used by power controllers to shift blame.

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GateUser-c802f0e8

· 2025-12-30 10:07

Harvard's tricks are indeed ruthless; on the surface, they seem rigid, but in reality, they are empty with vast potential, just like on-chain governance.

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SatoshiNotNakamoto

· 2025-12-30 10:03

This Harvard trick is just the ceiling of centralized governance. The promised fixed quotas all depend on relationships and consensus to be changed, changed, changed... Web3 is actually more transparent? That's hilarious.

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pumpamentalist

· 2025-12-30 09:54

Well... essentially it's still the same centralized power structure; just changing the disguise to fool people, right?

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ChainMaskedRider

· 2025-12-30 09:51

Harvard's tricks are no different from traditional elites reaping profits from the masses; the only difference is that they boast louder. The real issue is not about the number of spots, but about the opaque power structure.

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