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The Epstein scandal at MIT shows the moral bankruptcy of techno-elites
The MIT-Epstein debacle shows ‘the prostitution of intellectual activity’. Time for a radical agenda: close the Media Lab, disband Ted Talks and refuse tech billionaires money.
As the world wakes up to the power of big tech, we get to hear – belatedly – of all the damage wrought by the digital giants.
- Evgeny Morozov
- The Guardian
Most of these debates, alas, don’t veer too far from the policy-oriented realms of economics or law.
Now that the big technocracy wants to quash big tech, expect more such wonkery.
What, however, about the…