South Africa, April 28 -- Online events/webinars took off in the 2020s. They were a tool built out of necessity. During Covid there was no other option. The result? "zoom fatigue". I'm still traumatised when I hear "can you see my screen?"

While webinars still exist, their format is changing. The 2020s were really optimising for scale - developing huge reach, targeting massive audiences across continents, with AI the main game-changer.

Information and knowledge no longer have the same value. Anyone can find what they need to know on GPT, slot it into Notebook LM and turn it into their own personal podcast.

A growing need

But as AI is increasingly able to simulate reality, we lose touch with what's real, and we develop a growing need f...