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Sometimes taking money from someone hurts your reputation or public identity, then it makes sense to decline... but this particular case is hard to relate to.
by doopy1 6y ago
Sometimes taking money from someone hurts your reputation or public identity, then it makes sense to decline... but this particular case is hard to relate to.
- FooBarBizBazz 6y agoMight be smart "antifragile" behavior in the NNT sense. Though I'd argue he's investing in a social identity where, due to his immutable characteristics, he can never have too high a status. That said, he's already gotten the PhD and the professorship, so a lot of those are sunk costs at this point. Incrementally, this is cheap. And it might not be worth backing out of his dead end.
- enriquto 6y agoIf you consider Google as the embodiment of evil (which is a reasonable position to have in some circles), then refusing its money is just as natural as it should have been for MIT to refuse Epstein's.