Larry Summers admits regret after emails show continued contact with Jeffrey Epstein

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/-deeply-ashamed-larry-summers-jeffrey-epstein-emails-rcna244526

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SpicyTaint@lemmy.world · 80 pts · 301d (3 replies)
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rumba@lemmy.zip · 22 pts · 301d (2 replies)

Unfortunately, I fear you just described a HUGE chunk of humanity. If we don't figure that out, it'll likely be the great filter that culls us.

Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 301d (1 reply)

Fucking good.

Hope it makes room for life that values its survival.

tuff_wizard@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 301d

Spoiler: it won’t.

The same traits that help your tribe/organism survive the first hundred million years of small scale interactions are not helpful during geopolitical negotiations.

celeste@kbin.earth · 39 pts · 301d

The emails released last week revealed a close relationship between Epstein and Summers. In an March 2019 exchange, they corresponded about a woman Summers was interested in.

I know that it's not the point of this article, and it's fine, but that is such a gentle way to put the conversation he had.

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/11/17/summers-epstein-wing-man-woman-described-as-mentee/

While already being married, he and at the time known sex criminal Epstein had a conversation where he strategized how to leverage the mentoring relationship another professional wanted with him into sex with her, all the while both used a racist nickname for her.

He shouldn't still be teaching. He can't be trusted with power over anyone.

peopleproblems@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 301d (1 reply)

Hey, you know what though, good on him for recognizing it was a big mistake and ceasing all contact with him since July 23, 2019. (/s in case people don't know that's the day Epstein was murdered)

SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 301d

Well, he was from Hahvud.

breezeblock@lemmy.ca · 15 pts · 301d

“I deeply regret being caught”

arockinyourshoe@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 301d
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Capricorn_Geriatric@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 301d

I can't beleve a Harold lookalike could do such a thing!

electric_nan@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 301d

TrueAnon podcast goes pretty in depth on this particular cringe-fest.