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I am still genuinely trying to understand what happened. In your interpretation: 1) What is the motivation of the donor (Epstein)? 2) What is the motivation of the acceptor (Ito)? If your answer is 1) Prestige 2) Money Then that does not work: they can not reach a mutual understanding about whether Epstein is allowed tell the world he donates to the Media Lab, which can be seen by splitting up in cases: 1) if the mut…
I assume you responded to the wrong thread?
no, it was in response to your comment: you write "charity scandal", but according to me it's something deeper which is being portrayed as a mere "charity scandal".