Yeah Grote,
Pinchbeck was there. He actually was pretty much like a normal dude. He actually diffused a lot of the kook momentum with his "I-just-read-a-lot-of-stuff" persona. Seems like he just sorta found something that he found amusing, is using it as a way to frame certain pet politics, and is kinda involved in some weird mutual exploitation racket with these New Age hucksters who can't say three sentences without saying "buy my book and you'll learn more!" Pinchbeck at least just seems like an intellectual who actually has genuine interest in things beyond exploiting them. I think there was actually one legitimate Maya scholar at the thing but we missed it because we went to Baja Fresh ('doh!). But we did get to watch this funny ex-Jewish yogi play a gong and then do like a maharishi-meets-borscht-belt chakra-conscious comedy routine. That was pretty good.
