We'd like to say we knew, but who could've.

When 20x2 launched, way back in 2001—literally a lifetime ago— we had precious little idea of what lay in store. We knew that the notion of an idea taking shape over the course of twenty speakers seemed both challenging and oddly thrilling. — But we didn't know how it might land.

And the answer to that question about questioning, as it turns out, is that you never know. You never know if you'll be surprised, dazzled, challenged or energized by two minutes in real time. Real time that gives us no choice but to be present. To take it all in.

And a present, in a sense, is how some of these scan —unearthed gems, private moments, hilarious anecdotes—all there to witness. To remember.

Turns out, two minutes stretches pretty much as long as you decide it should.