[nraford]

I've been many times. It's far less nefarious than it seems.

Ever been to a corporate Christmas party? It's basically that with a lot more money.

There are some very interesting talks, but its mostly pretty vanilla. There are also some very, very interesting people, especially outside the gates of the main congress center.

But most of it is pretty much exactly what it sounds like; boring old people and their staff jockeying for status and bragging rights of who met with who, who got into what event, etc.

No one is in charge, there are no adults in the room and there are no sinister plots. Nothing really gets done or gets decided, other than an annual update of the ultra rich leaderboard, which is even scarier than the alternative if you think about it.