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#2Invitation-only events don't belong in the technological scene.
There is an all-out, bitter war going on between property (connections, inherited wealth, resources) and energy (talent, ambition, hard work). One is past, one is future, and each wishes to demote the value of the other. One side has power but lacks the vision and talent to use it; the other has the capability but not the means.
Nerds are supposed to be on the side of the good guys.
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#3I don't know what the point of going to a conference is, if you can get videos of the talks afterwards, like TED.
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#4I don't know what the point of going to a conference is, if you can get videos of the talks afterwards, like TED.
Networking. Meeting people. It's very important in scientific research to present your research, see others' work and exchange ideas. Conferences are a good way to do it.
I guess hackers and programmers are quited used to doing this over the web, though.
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#5I don't know what the point of going to a conference is, if you can get videos of the talks afterwards, like TED.
Getting to talk to speakers, meeting people, swag.
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#6"So I avoid those most of all. Back in the 90s, I was unkown to the powers that be and could not get into TED. I don't forget that and that's why I'll never go to it. I don't want to play that game."
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#7I don't know what the point of going to a conference is, if you can get videos of the talks afterwards, like TED.
Participating. Talking to the people, exchanging ideas, having a beer with them, convincing them to do things your way because your ideas don't suck, and so on.
Conferences aren't so much about the presentations as what happens after the presentations.
Of course, this guy is a VC, and he's not so interested in the technical scene. He also seems to be talking about invitation only conferences, which are slightly silly.
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#8I don't know what the point of going to a conference is, if you can get videos of the talks afterwards, like TED.
There is a huge difference between watching the talks and actually being there.
50% of the value is the content of the talks, which supposedly described the latest and greatest.
Just like in academia, the talks are actually dated: they have been prepared months before and don't really represent the latest. To know the latest, you need to chat with various people to find out what they are working on right now, that they can't quite announce yet.
What's on stage is canned, in a sense. If you want to be in, you got to be there in person to catch where the future is.
This has held true for me both in academia (research) and web 2.0.
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#9Invitation-only events don't belong in the technological scene. There is an all-out, bitter war going on between property (connections, inherited wealth, resources) and energy (talent, ambition, hard work). One is past, one is future, and each wishes to demote the value of the other. One side has power but lacks the vision and talent to use it; the other has the capability but not the means. Nerds are supposed to be…
Invitation-only events are not only for people with "property". They also allow those with "energy" to keep an event from being diluted by those without it. Why shouldn't a group of hackers be able to get together with people they choose? Wouldn't the YC weekly dinners fit this category?
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#10Invitation-only events don't belong in the technological scene. There is an all-out, bitter war going on between property (connections, inherited wealth, resources) and energy (talent, ambition, hard work). One is past, one is future, and each wishes to demote the value of the other. One side has power but lacks the vision and talent to use it; the other has the capability but not the means. Nerds are supposed to be…
I don't think TED is as hard to get into as it seems. You just need to have the $4,000, apply right after they open applications and make yourself sound interesting on your application.