```json
{
    "title": "Dave Winer — Two-Level Communities",
    "url": "https://performancezen.com/2005/03/19/dave-winer-two-level-communities/",
    "datePublished": "2005-03-19",
    "dateModified": "2022-04-25",
    "language": "en-US",
    "description": "Dave Winer hits it on the head: What's the point of doing something or going somewhere if your experience is going to be secondary to those who are considered \"special\"?…",
    "author": "spierzchala",
    "publisher": "Performance Zen"
}
```

# Dave Winer — Two-Level Communities

Dave Winer [hits it on the head](http://archive.scripting.com/2005/03/19#twolevelCommunities): What's the point of doing something or going somewhere if your experience is going to be secondary to those who are considered "special"?

A conference experience should not be substantively better because of who you are. If you arrive late, the overflow room should be just as acceptable as the front row.

I live what would be considered a privileged life. If you look on the right-side of the page, you will see that I pine for a Powerbook. Instead, I keep gas in my tank, food on my table, and be the best father I can be.

![image](https://live.staticflickr.com/5/6348273_3602d59695_b.jpg)

I wish that my laptop bag looked like [Joi Ito's](http://www.flickr.com/photos/joi/6348273/). I wish that I clocked as many air miles as Tom Peters. I wish I lived on the beach like Dave Winer. I wish my blog got as many hits as Robert Scoble.

But when my wishes are held back not because of who I am, but because of who someone else is, I get cranky.