Jeffrey Epstein's influence in the science world is a symptom of larger problems | Kate Darling

In a system stacked against women, we must direct our harshest judgment at people and institutions who remain silent

Many of us are reeling from the recent news that MIT's Media Lab, where I work as a researcher, took funding from Jeffrey Epstein, the late financier who faced federal sex-trafficking charges. For me, the Epstein connections don't stop there: Epstein had close ties to John Brockman, the founder of the heavy-hitting science literary agency that recently sold my first book. The Epstein web can appear inescapable, and for those entangled in it, there's a temptation to break out and cut all ties with his enablers. While I understand and respect that decision, I've made a different one. I will not be working with the Brockman company on any further books. But I've decided to support the Media Lab.

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