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If a tree speaks in the forest…
: Now this is funny: Steve Case speaks at TED on the condition that it’s off-the-record. Let’s parse that. Assumption 1: That Steve Case has anything to say anyone could care about anymore. Assumption 2: That TED is where anyone who has anything to say goes.
What if they held a conference for has-beens?
Who is Steve Case?
In slight defense of TED, Craig Venter did pre-announce his amazing Sargasso Sea species-finding experiment there this year. So it’s not totally devoid of newsmakers.
(http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=570&ncid=753&e=6&u=/nm/20040304/sc_nm/science_sargasso_dc)