Historically, MIT faculty were nerds into neat tech problems.
New MIT faculty are slick politicians with an increasing sleazy Enron-style vibe. That's true of MIT leadership as well.
Computer Science used to be for nerds that were into neat tech problems. Now it's just seen the same as business/law/finance/whatever. And accordingly, we now have a deluge of CS graduates that want nothing to do with tech and simply move into management as fast as possible.
though Jonathan Schwartz did get metoo'd (not prosecuted) and kicked off WNYC
- Clever financial schemes and complex conflicts-of-interest
- Incredible salesmanship relative to the amount of substance
- ... and so on.
I've seen criminal activity there too (which I can't elaborate on), but I suspect the Institute is waiting for an Enron-style collapse. It will be a soft landing. The endowment is obscene at this point; the Institute can weather a lot.