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> So it's an ego thing? It's a respect thing. It costs time and money to produce and give a talk. That very often isn't visible to the audience. It takes week
by jxf 3y ago
> So it's an ego thing?
It's a respect thing. It costs time and money to produce and give a talk.
That very often isn't visible to the audience. It takes weeks of dedicated preparation to deliver a high-quality keynote talk, and people have day jobs and other obligations. If they're going to travel hundreds or thousands of miles and now have to pay for the privilege, they might want to not be treated as disposable.
That doesn't seem like too much to ask.
- cookieperson 3y agoPeople often get time off of work or school to be honored with formal talking gigs. IE your boss will let you off the hook to prepare for it because it makes your company/school look good. It'd be pretty embarrassing to have to explain to your boss or your PI that "oops I'm no longer a key note speaker"
- throwaway5959 3y agoWhy not just make all talks keynotes then. Change the label and everyone gets respect.