Tag Archives: George Church
Melinda, Bill and Jeffrey (Epstein)
I’m not sure what to make of Bill Gates as he features in the New York Times‘s report on his divorce with Melinda French Gates, although it’s tempting to see hints of that attitude so often on display when the … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, Bill Gates, George Church, Jean-François Gariépy, Jeffrey Epstein, John Brockman, Joi Ito, Lawrence Krauss, Melinda French Gates, MIT, Seth Lloyd
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Another exit from MIT Media Lab
J. Nathan Matias, a newly minted faculty member at Cornell University and a visiting scholar at the MIT Media Lab, has announced that he will cut all ties with the latter at the end of the academic year over the … Continue reading
Posted in Science
Tagged #MeToo, Boston Globe, Center for Civic Media, CivilServant, Ethan Zuckerman, George Church, Jeffrey Epstein, Joi Ito, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Media Lab Disobedience Prize, MIT Media Lab
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Joi Ito’s nerd tunnel vision
On August 15, Joi Ito, the director of MIT’s famed Media Lab, published a post apologising for fraternising with Jeffrey Epstein. His wording mimics a bit of George Church’s as well, in that Ito says he “was never involved in, … Continue reading
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Tagged George Church, Jeffrey Epstein, Marvin Minsky, MIT Media Lab
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