Doug gave a keynote speech that lasted 18 minutes and surprisingly did not end with him ingesting mind-altering substances, though the preparations may have included that. He ranted about how the masses could rise up and use the new transparency given them by blogs and Twitter and wikis and so forth to unveil the corrupt monopolistic practices of evil corporations and the utterly irrelevant concept of currency and overthrow the old order.
Two thoughts came to mind. First, one of my favorite companies, Diamond Offshore, manufactures and leases gigantic offshore oil rigs. They look like this.
As much as I love blogging, I can't see any way they're going to overthrow corporations that make complicated, modern, huge pieces of machinery.
My other thought was a suggestion for Doug and the folks in the room who were tweeting their approval.
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