Something that would be important, but also something that would take advantage of all of these privileges that one had. "And in the case of the Media Lab, knowing a lot of people, knowing people who were either executives or wealthy, and also not having, in my own case, a career to worry about anymore.
Нечто важное, что позволило бы с выгодой использовать имеющиеся преимущества. В случае с Media Lab, эти преимущества означали много знакомых среди политиков и богатых людей и отсутствие необходимости волноваться о карьере.