Where is the love? Finding community at live events.

I took the last week off from working on Rescue Meet ( https://www.RescueMeet.com ), my project to help the live entertainment industry regroup and resume because it just didn’t seem all that important when compared to the issues of life and death which were playing out live on television.

While reflecting over what I was witnessing, it occurred to me that live entertainment has long provided a safe place, open to all without precondition, where we shared experiences and emotions freely. When people root for their team, they become a community. When we all sing along to our favorite band, we’re joined in voice and in spirit. It’s in theaters and venues where we learn about different cultures and attitudes from the voices of those with microphones whom we’ve chosen to hear.

So, what do we do next?

I heard a great line on television last week: “There is no luck. There’s probability, plausibility and actuality. Luck is lazy math.” Doing the math is hard, but you can’t solve a problem until you capture all the variables. That’s what I set out to do with Rescue Meet, and it’s time to get back at it.

Here’s a highlight video of the two hour conference we held on May 19th, 2020.