Comment by gruseom

It's also the reason that we're not charging for it right now.

I wouldn't judge this by familiar models. Who knows but that you could make more money overall by subsidizing hackers to attend.

The transformative thing is finding a way to amplify/unleash the social, creative, and market value of hackers, most of which remains locked away right now. Since it's such a scarce resource and getting scarcer (edit: relative to demand), the value is obvious.

I'll be cheering for you guys!