Bart Bernhardt
Observer
Science CosPlay
And it also got me thinking, that a lot of the value might be actually people participating in these communities, as the communicators, and how this benefits them, and sharpens their skills at outreach, in ways that they wouldn't otherwise get. There's a lot of value in that. Specifically, I had friend of mine who was in the Peace Corps, and he said, "Here's the dirty secret. The primary beneficiary of the Peace Corps, isn't the host nations, it's the peace Corps volunteers." And I was thinking of that, in SciComm, and these environments. Us connecting with communities, particularly communities we don't get to work with normally, has a lot of value in, and of itself.