Joi Ito phonecammed this moment of zen at the Brainstorm conference. Link to moblog snapshot, and see Joi's wiki for multiple posts about his experience at the Fortune confab. Including these words from Ted Turner:
[Turner] "The invasion of Iraq was the biggest debacle in the history of the world… except maybe the AOL Time-Warner merger. The AOL Time-Warner merger was bullshit.
[Moderator] You were quoted as saying that signing was as good as having sex for the first time.
[Turner] I was just being a team player. It wasn't really. It was the stupidest move I've ever seen. Almost as stupid as the war on Iraq… Gerald Levine was like Rasputin. He was my enemy. But he said he was my best friend. I said to him, "Gerald, I've never been to your home." But I was a team player. I always pulled for the team. We split the money with Jim Baker 50/50. We used to open the envelopes together as they came in because we didn't trust each other."
[Moderator] Can you start a new empire from now?
[Moderator] No. I'm too old/tired. I'm doing bison… they are the original American cattle.
Update: Observant BoingBoing readers will note that Eisner appears to be fidgeting with a small wireless gadget in Joi's snapshot. Defamer intercepted a copy of the mobile chat session taking place at that very moment between the Disney CEO and Mr. Mouse. Link
