Let's watch some Strange Loop talks and become smart people

It's the most magical time of the year. Many of the world's absolute best nerds have

materialized in a hotel somewhere and are giving talks to each other about the future of programming. I'm of course talking about Strange Loop, an annual "multi-disciplinary conference that brings together the developers and thinkers building tomorrow's technology in fields such as emerging languages, alternative databases, concurrency, distributed systems, security, and the web." I've never gone to Strange Loop, but for a few years now I've devoured a healthy percentage of the talks posted to YouTube because they're so damned weird, creative, and futuristic. The typical Strange Loop talk is about what programming and development could be. Instead of dwelling on the mundane and practical, Strange Loop speakers often delve into obscure and unlikely technologies that could have huge implications if they work out.                                                                        https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/2/16404152/strange-loop-2017-programming-talks-youtube