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I appreciate the spirit of the award, however it seems to be coming from an odd place for an odd amount. I'm not sure what part of the mission of the MIT Media

by bluetwo 10y ago

I appreciate the spirit of the award, however it seems to be coming from an odd place for an odd amount. I'm not sure what part of the mission of the MIT Media Lab is really involved with rocking the boat. And 250k seems like a heck of a lot of cash to do this. 50k seems like a good amount. I would rather see 5 winners.

DonHopkins 10y ago
The MIT Media Lab has always had a long list of corporate sponsors [1]. And some of them are real boat rockers. If by boat you mean yacht, and by rock you mean race. But I notice that Philip Morris isn't on that list any more, like it was in 2004 [2] and 2005 [3]. Philip Morris makes a lot of money from disobedient kids who won't listen to what their parents tell them about not smoking. And they do pay a lot of disobedient scientists who are willing to dispute the scientific consensus about the dangers of smoking. [4] [1] https://www.media.mit.edu/members/member-companies/ https://www.media.mit.edu/members/member-companies/ [2] http://web.mit.edu/annualreports/pres04/07.05.pdf http://web.mit.edu/annualreports/pres04/07.05.pdf [3] http://web.mit.edu/annualreports/pres05/07.06.pdf http://web.mit.edu/annualreports/pres05/07.06.pdf [4] https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/05/low-tar-cigarettes/481116/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/05/low-tar...