Justin Peters, Slate; The Moral Rot of the MIT Media Lab
"Over the course of the past century, MIT became one of the best brands
in the world, a name that confers instant credibility and stature on all
who are associated with it. Rather than protect the inherent
specialness of this brand, the Media Lab soiled it again and again by
selling its prestige to banks, drug companies, petroleum companies,
carmakers, multinational retailers, at least one serial sexual predator,
and others who hoped to camouflage their avarice with the sheen of
innovation. There is a big difference between taking money from someone
like Epstein and taking it from Nike or the Department of Defense, but
the latter choices pave the way for the former."
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