"How the light gets in" online festival

[Lynch101]

Has anyone here heard of the the HTLGI festival? Is anyone attending?

 

[Ibix]

Has anyone here heard of the the HTLGI festival?

No. A link would be helpful.

 

[Klystron]

I found this reference but I recognize the line from one of my favourite Leonard Cohen songs "Anthem".

Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That’s how the light gets in.

 

[berkeman]

I found this reference

Looks to me like they are phishing for passwords...

 

[Klystron]

Looks to me like they are phishing for passwords...

Uh-oh. I was suspicious about a 'music festival' based on one line from a song. Edited post.
Interesting that in "Anthem" Cohen deplores the inherent faults of using duplicity as a guiding principle.

 

[berkeman]

Hmm, a further search leads to the Wikipedia article -- looks like it's a real festival that's been running for years. Guess this year it's online. Still weird that they want you to register...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HowTheLightGetsIn_Festival

 

[Lynch101]

It's a festival run by the Institute of Art and Ideas with scientists and philosophers discussing various topics. I decided to "attend" it online and it's been pretty interesting so far. Here's the line-up for this year.

 

[256bits]

Sean Carroll moonlights as as musician, or he just goes for the late night parties that wiki mentions.

https://cultureortrash.com/2018/10/...review-philosophy-music-art-and-comedy-unite/

Author and physicist Sean Carroll was joined by cosmologist Laura Mersini Haughton for a talk on the likelihood of the Big Bang: