Linda Stone
Technology executive and author; former vice president at Apple and at Microsoft; known for coining the term "continuous partial attention"
Linda Stone — Technology executive and author; former vice president at Apple and at Microsoft; known for coining the term "continuous partial attention" — is named in connection with the Jeffrey Epstein files. DOJ-released Epstein files and the January 2020 MIT internal investigation report (by law firm Goodwin Procter) document Stone as the key connector who brought Epstein into the MIT Media Lab's orbit. On 27 March 2013, during the TED Conference in Long Beach, California, Stone introduced Epstein to Joi Ito, then director of MIT's Media Lab, via an email with the subject line "Jeff + Joi — Intro!" A follow-up email quoted in the MIT investigation shows Ito noting that "Linda assures me that he's awesome" when explaining why he was considering working with Epstein despite Epstein's 2008 criminal conviction as a registered sex offender. Stone served on the MIT Media Lab Advisory Council and subsequently advised Ito on structures for managing Epstein's donations — including discussing reputational risks and disclosure concerns. The MIT investigation further documents that Stone recommended MIT undergraduate Jeremy Rubin '16 to Epstein in 2014. DOJ-released Epstein files include email exchanges from 2015 and 2016 in which Stone and Epstein discussed the U.S. presidential election, and a 2012 email in which she asked Epstein for Caribbean travel advice. Epstein's personal address book listed her contact information under a Microsoft affiliation. No wrongdoing is alleged against Stone. This profile is auto-generated from public reporting and is pending editorial review; inclusion does not imply guilt or wrongdoing.
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Is Linda Stone in the Epstein files?
Yes. Linda Stone (Technology executive and author; former vice president at Apple and at Microsoft; known for coining the term “continuous partial attention”) is named in connection with the Jeffrey Epstein files. DOJ-released Epstein files and the January 2020 MIT internal investigation report (by law firm Goodwin Procter) document Stone as the key connector who brought Epstein into the MIT Media Lab’s orbit. On 27 March 2013, during the TED Conference in Long Beach, California, Stone introduced Epstein to Joi Ito, then director of MIT’s Media Lab, via an email with the subject line “Jeff + Joi — Intro!” A follow-up email quoted in the MIT investigation shows Ito noting that “Linda assures me that he’s awesome” when explaining why he was considering working with Epstein despite Epstein’s 2008 criminal conviction as a registered sex offender. Stone served on the MIT Media Lab Advisory Council and subsequently advised Ito on structures for managing Epstein’s donations — including discussing reputational risks and disclosure concerns. The MIT investigation further documents that Stone recommended MIT undergraduate Jeremy Rubin ‘16 to Epstein in 2014. DOJ-released Epstein files include email exchanges from 2015 and 2016 in which Stone and Epstein discussed the U.S. presidential election, and a 2012 email in which she asked Epstein for Caribbean travel advice. Epstein’s personal address book listed her contact information under a Microsoft affiliation. No wrongdoing is alleged against Stone.
Being named in the files is not evidence of any crime or wrongdoing. People appear in these documents in many contexts — correspondence, flight logs, contact books, scheduling, photographs, or passing references. See the sources below for the specific, documented context, and the note at the bottom of this page.
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