Chapter 5
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“TED Talk conferences are a pain,” I said, as we walked through the hallways of the conference center toward the waiting room where Vitalius Kohl was getting ready.
“I find them inspiring,” said Kirsten Weils, a journalist who was doing some sort of long-form piece on the Quod Corporation. Her voice was testy. People who watch a lot of TED Talks don’t like hearing anything bad about them.
“I’m talking about the security aspects,” I said. “That’s my job.”
“Why is this any different for you than one of Mr. Kohl’s other appearances?”
“Because there are other speakers. Mr. Kohl isn’t talking for forty-five minutes or an hour to people who came just to see him. He’s talking for eighteen minutes to a mixed crowd of attendees, many of which are there to see other speakers
