If you were, say, brothers that were MIT grads running a global petrochemical business with 120,000 employees...
...you'd be remiss not to take advantage of America's cultural heritage.
Same if you're a tech bro of a certain disposition.
politico.com/magazine/story…
It's awkward for MIT, but it's awkward for all the big schools, who are equal parts of the same fundraising racket/lack of long term planning/moral vacuum, or to call it what it really is, knowledge destruction.
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