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D11 Attendees Answer the “Desert Island” Question (Video)

If you were stranded on a desert island, who in the tech industry would you want to be stuck there with? That’s the question we asked attendees at the D11 conference last week.

Some of the answers might surprise you. Aaron Levie of Box listed a handful of people. Only one person I asked voted for Elon Musk — surprising, considering the collective man-crush the Musk interview session seemed to inspire among conference-goers. One woman singled out Max Levchin, likely due to the fact that his new app holds promise for propagating the species. And when asked to choose between AllThingsD’s Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher, some said they simply couldn’t choose.

Here’s the full video: