It
struck me, as I watched dozens of ticket holders get turned away from the oversubscribed
event, that there was perhaps no better symbol of the speculative mania we've been witnessing in recent weeks than the sight of 70 would - be
attendees sadly zip up their rain jackets, reverse course, and trudge home from an
event that, not so long ago, would have been attended by few people.
He was
struck by a majority of
attendees expressing that, for them, the most productive parts of the
event had been the conversations that took place in between sessions, during the coffee breaks.