Mosquitos?! Earthquakes! Heat! The heat would be the hardest for me of those. I assume there is swimming very nearby to go cool off regularly. Why weren't people just wearing stuff to swim in? Go take a dip, slather on some essential oil, and hope the world doesn't go topsy turvy because we are all together.

The music jams with cool people are the biggest draw for me. And the parties, neither of which were broadcast. I really liked Paul Puey, who can explain very complex concepts. I understood what "homomorphic encryption" is for a second there!

I just sent a consultation request to Kaufman, and a request to be informed when his fellowship starts up. He's got a maneuverable website at least, but you have to take a very stupid quiz to get anywhere in it. Kind of like a scientology quiz, where none of the answers are what I could comfortably choose. My result was that I practice "conscious avoidance." I take umbrage to that!