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BIL is…
an open, self-organizing, emergent, and anarchic science and technology conference.
Nobody is in charge.
If you want to come, just show up.
If you have an idea to spread, start talking.
BIL loves TED. TED is a great place to sit and listen to interesting ideas. Those ideas make it online, and the unwashed masses get to see.
There’s the problem, the unwashed masses don’t get invited to TED. TED is also six-thousand dollars (US$6,000). Which is prohibitively expensive for most people, including a great number of people with good ideas worth spreading. BIL is being created as a free space for people with ideas to come together and spread them.
Our event is self-organizing, emergent, and anarchic. Nobody is in charge. If you want to come just show up. If you’ve got an idea to spread start talking. If someone is saying something good, stop and listen.
What?
At some point we realized we are all interesting people with worthwhile things to say, and it didn’t make sense to rely always on centrally organized top-down mechanisms for spreading ideas. There is a time and place for traditional conferences, TED is a great conference, but perhaps a little emergence and anarchy is needed.
Are you affiliated with the Technology, Entertainment, and Design conference?
No. TED is aware of BIL and supportive of it, but is not affiliated with BIL. For information about TED, see their website.
Who organizes BIL?
Nobody, or rather, you do. We all organize BIL. BIL emerges from our collective consciousness.
Who speaks at BIL?
You do. There will be instructions on the Schedule page of the wiki on how to coordinate this.
What does it cost to come to BIL?
Nothing. Just show up, then discuss and learn.
When is BIL?
March 1-2. TED is that Wednesday to Saturday, so we’re organizing BIL from Saturday to Sunday. We’re hoping some TED attendees will stop by on Sunday to check it out. BIL will be held at El Estero Park Complex (Google Map).
How should I prepare for BIL?
Check out the BILDERS TOOLKIT on the wiki.
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