[00:55.640 --> 00:58.360]  Well, let's move to our next tier.
[00:59.300 --> 01:05.840]  Up next, we have yet another contributor of extreme amount of dollars.
[01:05.840 --> 01:11.960]  A monster level sponsor of $10,000 for the visionary leader of God knows what.
[01:11.960 --> 01:13.420]  I'm not sure.
[01:14.500 --> 01:17.920]  Let's play a video to think about what he might possibly have done.
[01:18.300 --> 01:20.500]  Viridian Dynamics.
[01:21.020 --> 01:22.220]  Machines.
[01:22.580 --> 01:25.120]  When you were little, you wanted to be one.
[01:25.120 --> 01:27.640]  Now we're working to make that happen.
[01:27.640 --> 01:41.040]  By taking the best things about people and the best things about machines and combining them into something strong and, we hope, loving.
[01:41.520 --> 01:43.480]  Viridian Dynamics.
[01:43.480 --> 01:45.180]  Man and machines.
[01:45.180 --> 01:47.300]  Best friends forever.
[01:48.880 --> 01:53.300]  I think you may have guessed who has won this award.
[01:53.300 --> 01:55.760]  It is none other than Dr.
[01:55.760 --> 01:56.580]  Mike F.
[01:56.580 --> 01:58.240]  Powers, P-H-C-A-F-E-F!
[01:58.780 --> 01:59.740]  Custodian!
[02:11.890 --> 02:13.470]  North Korea people.
[02:19.760 --> 02:22.840]  I had no idea it was going to be on stage today.
[02:26.360 --> 02:29.860]  So the keynotes actually didn't know they were going to be on stage today.
[02:29.860 --> 02:31.220]  So good job, Chris.
[02:31.220 --> 02:32.420]  Thank you, Cheryl.
[02:34.340 --> 02:37.860]  Who here had no idea what they came into tonight?
[02:38.400 --> 02:39.900]  That is hilarious.
[02:42.940 --> 02:47.900]  I don't put much of a description on the website for much of anything for CypherCon.
[02:47.900 --> 02:53.580]  So if you came into this meal thinking this was a real award show, it absolutely was.
[02:56.080 --> 02:58.280]  So I have notes here.
[02:59.460 --> 03:03.900]  So I want to thank our distinguished scammers, I mean executives.
[03:05.680 --> 03:08.980]  Welcome to the conclusion of Backwards 48.
[03:08.980 --> 03:10.940]  Like, what the hell just happened here?
[03:11.300 --> 03:14.260]  Like, everything's not quite right, right?
[03:14.860 --> 03:18.820]  And in the world of business, we see a lot of this.
[03:18.820 --> 03:22.940]  Where people are buying their own awards and propping themselves up.
[03:23.420 --> 03:26.160]  And are we not calling them out on this?
[03:26.820 --> 03:28.460]  Like, I'm Dr.
[03:28.460 --> 03:29.160]  Mike F.
[03:29.160 --> 03:31.880]  Powers, PhD.
[03:31.960 --> 03:34.220]  And I'm a custodian.
[03:34.240 --> 03:37.260]  And I'm so honored for this award.
[03:38.140 --> 03:41.340]  I spend my time in the shitters.
[03:42.080 --> 03:45.360]  Cleaning up the poisons of our industry.
[03:45.960 --> 03:52.420]  Yeah, it's basically my job to scrub away the scum and their shameless scams.
[03:52.420 --> 04:01.380]  So I'd like to think that our illusions as C-suite visionaries are gracing us on stage.
[04:01.860 --> 04:06.320]  And let's give them a round of applause for their purchase of this award.
[04:12.720 --> 04:17.400]  Isn't it amazing how comedy collides with reality?
[04:17.600 --> 04:20.360]  And how close it hits to home?
[04:20.360 --> 04:22.660]  That's what I wanted you to feel tonight.
[04:22.660 --> 04:34.820]  So next time you see these success strategies, ranging from buy your way in, or pretend to care just briefly, remember backwards 48.
[04:35.820 --> 04:40.080]  And we came here tonight for entertainment.
[04:40.080 --> 04:45.220]  And we convened in a comedy satire evening.
[04:45.680 --> 04:50.360]  But I want to point out less scamier things in our industry.
[04:50.360 --> 04:57.620]  Everybody in this room is contributing to our state and technology and our industry.
[04:58.040 --> 05:00.920]  And this is really a celebration for you.
[05:01.560 --> 05:02.800]  Especially Mr.
[05:02.800 --> 05:04.440]  Robot over there.
[05:05.720 --> 05:13.200]  So, these pay-to-play awards is nothing.
[05:13.400 --> 05:16.640]  They're spending tens of thousands of dollars.
[05:16.640 --> 05:23.400]  And the reality is, you're contributing more than any of them by being involved in this community.
[05:24.040 --> 05:26.440]  So thank you everybody for being here.
[05:26.600 --> 05:29.460]  I hope you enjoy the rest of the evening's entertainment.
[05:29.880 --> 05:33.900]  And I'm going to take this plunger.
[05:44.060 --> 05:45.060]  Give it up for Mike.
[05:45.060 --> 05:46.360]  He's the reason we're all here.
[05:59.580 --> 06:00.860]  Thank you.