The Gnomedex Philosophy » Gnomedex 8.0
“Gnomdex [sic] was refreshing because it was a flat conference. In fact, let’s just call it a discussion. It was the right size, was open, frank and honest in its intention and never avoided confrontation for the sake of control. I got more out of it than the other two conferences combined. [O'Reilly's Etech and Web 2.0 conferences]†~ Ethan Kaplan
Yes Chris, I said that, but I also said this after Gnomedex 7:
“We yield dangerous tools. They can and have been used against us, and our loved ones. In a world dependent on data, its the wielders of the math who hold the ultimate power, and those that can recombine math upon data upon material life that are more dangerous than any threat in existence.
It is within our capacity to take that back, and recombine ourselves. If we continue to get caught up in playground fights over who’s dick is bigger, we’re just holding the gun to our foot and pulling the trigger.”
—- That was my wish for Gnomedex 08, hope I’m right.
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