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@cR0w@infosec.exchange Yeah, that's fair. I think - even now - the main point of the event is to try and build community. I think what's changed is the kind of community the experience is curated towards. I've met a ton of people at Def Con that I'm still in contact with and that have absolutely helped me in a variety of ways. I've also learned a ton (particularly at PHV and in some of the trainings).
These days, it feels like the experience is more curated towards the hacker aesthetic than folks who actually want to get their hands dirty. Not to get too post-modern, but it seems more about simulacra than real experience. That said, I bet anything the old guard would say the same thing about the years I was attending.
