But the most compelling keynote was the one at 9:30 pm in the hotel bar by Paul Pablos Holman, a real-life hacker from the envelope-pushing, avant-guarde Intellectual Ventures founded by Nathan Myhrvold.
"This type of technology is not something humankind would use as a 'Plan A' or 'Plan B, '" Paul "Pablos" Holman, an inventor in the Intellectual Ventures laboratory, wrote on the company blog.