A Plethora of Geeks
This evening was the opening session of NECC 2008. The speaker was James Surowiecki, author of The Wisdom of Crowds. It was a very interesting speech that made we want to read the book. The subtitle of the book summarizes the premise, “Why the many are smarter than the few and how collective wisdom shapes business, economies, societies, and nations.”
On my way to the opening session, I rode the elevator down from the 4th floor on The Menger Hotel with 3 other people going to the conference. One of the ladies jokingly called her friend a geek. I suggested that was a compliment and the others agreed. (One of the ladies remarked it was only cool to be a geek AFTER high school.) It was impressive to see the number of attendees at the conference. All of the attendees may not claim geekhood, but I’m sure they all have a little geek blood in their veins!
