While the critique is not without basis, perhaps part of the problem is that the industry's a tad spoiled by a constant string of game-changers? Not even the tr

While the critique is not without basis, perhaps part of the problem is that the industry's a tad spoiled by a constant string of game-changers? Not even the transhumanists are claiming that innovation's going to happen in consistently accelerating rates. And who knows? What if TC50 was held just a month later, when somebody else's pet project's finally had its last cog hammered into place? Much depends on the timing of the thing.