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This was the unique magic of thefirst annualBoss Babysymposium.
The symposium snowballed organically after McCaffrey and Levander experiencedThe Boss Babyin theaters during undergrad.
It just excited me to no end.
The range of approaches was inspired, and the PowerPoint visuals were breathtaking.
They argued that you drain infant formula of parental warmth when you coldly ration it in break-room water bubblers.
Milk is more of a cipher for capitalism than a commodity, I jotted dutifully in my notebook.
There was something wholesome about this space of academic togetherness and everyone wasreallyinto it.
Is Baby Corp a hive mind?
This is for other people to cultivate and express this excitement of low-stakes discourse taken to an extreme.
After posting the conference listing, McCaffrey and Levander were surprised to discover a considerableonlineresponseoutside ofacademia.
But even more than that, the conversations challenged the very idea of an unlikely conference topic.
Instead of the movie we need right now,The Boss Babyisamovie thatisright now.
Whatever it is, it is.
