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RE: Katz, Wired, and Clueless Conferences on Cyberspace (fwd)
Rishab Aiyer Ghosh wrote:
> Tim May wrote:
> >It seems that Jon Katz of "HotWired" (TM), or "Wired" (TM), or whatever, is
> >mightily impressed that he was invited to meet some bigwigs in Chicago to
> >chart the future of cyberspace.
> I don't know if Tim actually read all of it, or the second part,
> but Katz spent most of the two-part piece explaining why
> he _wasn't_ going to attend, and why no other "good guy"
> should attend this or similar conferences (quite apart from
> the truth about confs usually being just an excuse to schmooze).
> The second part also had a full list of invitees, which included
> Wired's Kevin Kelly (who Katz complained _is_ going) but, funnily
> enough, Esther's _not_ on there.
> Rishab
> ps. I'm not replying to the list, since I'm not on it.
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