I've been to a lot of these (I'm loosely associated with TC these days but help them out) and while I think Arrington's criticisms are sort of silly after every

I've been to a lot of these (I'm loosely associated with TC these days but help them out) and while I think Arrington's criticisms are sort of silly after everything that went down before, I do agree that there's been a lack of focus on editorial content since the whole thing was doubled down on about 18 months ago. Too many promotional interviews, not enough exploration of culture and concepts. It's become a convenient platform for moneyed entrepreneurs to launch, rather than a serious investigation of the people and companies involved. There's still good stuff, and we get great guests, but I do agree it needs to be pulled back and made more beholden to editorial — they can sell that. Right now it's kind of a meat grinder of valley trends and personalities.