This is what surprises me. MIT is very well endowed, has an extra-ordinarily wealthy alumni network and overall Media Lab is perhaps better positioned financial

This is what surprises me. MIT is very well endowed, has an extra-ordinarily wealthy alumni network and overall Media Lab is perhaps better positioned financially than any other lab. In emails, the lab director is begging for $100K from a billionaire doner so he can extend one contract. I don't understand.