The Confounder 9/10 - Lost in Grantland

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Lost In Grantland

If you haven't read Ronan Farrow's deep dive into the MIT Media Lab's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, I highly recommend doing so.

The tech world (and media world!) is a weird beast. There are plenty of people with money to burn who want to launder their reputations. There are plenty of organizations looking to get funding. In the match process, compromises are made. Grants for large cash amounts are made, regardless.

I'm tired as f**k from client work this week, my kid woke up at 4:30am on a teething tear and would rather play with mom and dad then go back to sleep and there's no time to write a proper analysis. Also, Xeni Jardin's Twitter feed. There's some good s**t there.