Yes, I have gotten way too meta these days, and as much as I try, I have not been able to get it out of my system yet. Maybe this will be the one.
The point of this one is no matter how much we disagree, no matter how much some of us are lunkheads or annoying or dense. Or mean or arrogant or you name it, we still need each other.
BiPM describes a lot of the reason why. But it is more than that. We care. A lot. Much more than just about everyone else. And because we care, some things are changing. Maybe not as much as they should or as much as we want. But SOMETHING is happening. You know some of the specifics. But it is not about one single thing. It's a lot of things. And it is not just because of this place. It's all these places. And all these folks.
I think we should not forget that.