Ed Elson

And those events are just... They're just...

Economically, I'm not sure that makes sense.

It's a lot of work.

I was in seven cities in six days and five stops and threw a speaking gig in there.

And then anyways, but so I found it exhausting, very rewarding.

The trend is towards in-person events.

People are recognizing one of the biggest trends in the consumer economy right now.

And that's the reason why FlexJet

is doing well and LVMH is not, and LVMH just took a mistaken flex jet, and why Disney parks are up, but people buying shit is down, is that people realize as they get older and coming through COVID that we overestimate the pleasure and happiness we're gonna get from things, and we underestimate the pleasure and happiness we're gonna get from experiences.

And unfortunately, with Live Nation, which is a monopoly, it means that Taylor Swift tickets go for $2,800.

Well, and we're charging, I think it was $100 or $200.

I went to Coachella.

My God.

VIP tickets such that you don't, like, have to be in a teepee and have, like, a 19-year-old running over you trying to see Justin Bieber.

Yeah.

It's $2,500.

Well, I don't know if you heard, but I'm going to get really crazy.

The tickets, tier one tickets to the finals of a World Cup are $38,000.

Someone sponsor us.

Someone take us, please.