What has gone well are organizations whose conferences would not have been reasonably accessible taking advantage of the situation and making their seminars publicly accessible. And if you are looking at a talking head, a screen serves the purpose quite well, which is why live televised sports and news shows of varying types have acquired their followings. But now I can sit in on events of learned people, which previously would not have been readily accessible to me, usually discussing an issue with one another. I have registered for sessions with AJC, which have proven particularly enlightening, ADL, and later this week Brookings. AEI has their sessions available, though the upcoming options seem to pitch their political hardball more than they capture ideas. Some of the speakers end up in the Twittersphere without making on-screen pests of themselves so I added a few that way. Since the speakers cannot get to the central location either, people a long air ride apart can appear on opposite sides of the screen. They always take viewer questions, most very thoughtful as they go through a moderator rather than a speaker calling on a raised hand blindly.
Amid the buffoonery that has become our rather toxic social media interactivity, we actually have erudite people with expertise and perspective making their thoughts accessible to people capable of benefiting from their wisdom. No people prancing around hoping to get their picture with their arms in the air or disparaging quote into the public arena. Just people who really want to partake of what the invited guests want to convey. We are fortunate enough to have an abundance of generous experts and an abundance of listeners intent of making themselves wiser.
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