I decided to bring up the topic no one wanted to discuss: Google being a monopoly that may need to be broken up.
That's when it got awkward.
I gave the talk in mid-September. Then it seemed to be taking forever to go online. So we asked where it was.
"I'm not involved with this project anymore," came back the reply.
Our inquiry was going to be forwarded to the relevant team.
"The video has been sent off to the Global Talks release team for further review. At this point, no ETA on an update from them."
It was getting interesting. And it seemed to prove a point about the dangers of a few tech companies owning the portals of information.
That's when a reporter (and another person) started making inquiries about the missing video.
Soon we heard it was going live.