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> Would you feel comfortable developing a relationship with someone involved in a high-profile sex crimes case that had tremendous amounts of damning evidence?

If that relationship consisted of them anonymously giving me money, and me giving them nothing in return, then maybe?

Maybe I’m missing something, but how did Epstein benefit from this anonymous relationship with the MIT Media Lab?

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Lab tours, access to students (who are barely adults), interesting people to invite to his parties, access to other wealthy donors...

Theoretically, because his legacy gets linked to prestigious research rather than trafficking children and pedophilia. I'm not sure how you would weight that downside, but Rockerfeller isn't remembered for the Ludlow Massacre (usually).

But... the donations were anonymous, right?

The founder of MIT's AI lab Marvin Minsky is accused of having sex with a minor via Epstein, there are several photos of MIT/Harvard scientists with Epstein on his island.

There is nothing anonymous about this at all. Negroponte has admitted he knew about Epstein's conviction in 2012.

And I quote "We all knew he went to jail for soliciting underage prostitution,” said Negroponte. “But we thought he served his term and repented."

What a fucking joke.

We know about them, so I'm guessing that they weren't anonymous? I didn't read it all but the New Yorker article says he acted as an intermediary between MIT Media Lab and others, so he wasn't anonymous to either party there.

That’s called a “deal with the devil” and if you’re lucky the only price is having to look over your shoulder and the shoulders of the people close to you for the rest of your life.

If you’re unlucky, you’ll look over your shoulder one day and see something you can’t unsee.

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