Like others, I empathise (quite a lot, for reasons stated by Amber) with the gist of this post, but have met a lot of interesting people in (planned) 1-1s.
I’ll just point out one specific point:
You could be getting into a wonderful conversation—but then they have to go. “Sorry, I’m meeting someone else in ten minutes”.
I think this is a good and prosocial thing to do, and doesn’t dehumanize but instead shows respect for the other conference attendees you have meetings with.
Like others, I empathise (quite a lot, for reasons stated by Amber) with the gist of this post, but have met a lot of interesting people in (planned) 1-1s.
I’ll just point out one specific point:
I think this is a good and prosocial thing to do, and doesn’t dehumanize but instead shows respect for the other conference attendees you have meetings with.