Joel suggests that the Davos powwow is Ted Talks for rich guys. Maybe, but I thought Davos was about exchanging business cards and schmoozing--and that listening to talks (you could arrange it through YouTube) was merely the maguffin. Like speed-dating.
Joel offers a riposte: remember Grossinger's, the crown jewel of the Borscht Belt vacation hotel circuit. Joel reports that on "singles weekends," Minnie Grossinger deliberately short-staffed the check-in desk so the queues would build up and people would have to schmooze. So, Davos as Grossinger's writ large.
At least I guess. I've never been to Davos. Or Grossinger's. Anyway, Grossinger's went bankrupt.
And now that I think of it, I have never successfully completed listening to a Ted Talk.
Joel offers a riposte: remember Grossinger's, the crown jewel of the Borscht Belt vacation hotel circuit. Joel reports that on "singles weekends," Minnie Grossinger deliberately short-staffed the check-in desk so the queues would build up and people would have to schmooze. So, Davos as Grossinger's writ large.
At least I guess. I've never been to Davos. Or Grossinger's. Anyway, Grossinger's went bankrupt.
And now that I think of it, I have never successfully completed listening to a Ted Talk.
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