You really took the downvotes with grace.
AAA
I never found anything which scratches the same itch Claymore does.
In my experience: the higher up the management chain, the higher the chance that they are just in for the bonuses - not for the company / industry. And those bonuses are always bound to these numbers which need to go up. When the numbers go down, these people are long gone.
The first people to leave aren't going to be the clock punchers, it will be the best and brightest who can easily find other jobs.
Yes. But some of them are also the most expensive ones, so when they leave costs go down. And we all know "numbers must go up" (=cost must go down).
There is also no requirement to be a "good guy" to attend the conference.
Correct. But it's kind of the inevitable outcome that only "good guys" attend. Why would any bad actor go there and risk being exposed / caught...
Cosmic Encounter
No two games are ever the same. So are the attempts to lure people in and out of encounters, and the following betrayels. Great fun.
You are correct. It was a monoculture forest and designed to be cut down sooner or later anyway.
The same people couldn't wear a face mask to save the lives of their relatives.
On a scale between 0 and 1 (float) how sure are you exactly?
Because people who never needed to use an annoying thing like to imagine and romantize how they would use it. Completely ignoring reality.