Another fantastic post, Kuhan! I like this agentic vision of networking, where the goal is “improve EA networks by building useful connections between people, groups, and projects” rather than “improve my own network by connecting to EAs”. It’s a more exciting (and ambitious!) goal to have :)
One tiny way to implement this is by asking, towards the end of an EA networking conversation
Is there anything else you can think of that I might do for you?
In my experience, if you or your interlocutor come up with a real request here, you get a nice burst of camaraderie, an emergent sense that you’re on the same team.
Another fantastic post, Kuhan! I like this agentic vision of networking, where the goal is “improve EA networks by building useful connections between people, groups, and projects” rather than “improve my own network by connecting to EAs”. It’s a more exciting (and ambitious!) goal to have :)
One tiny way to implement this is by asking, towards the end of an EA networking conversation
In my experience, if you or your interlocutor come up with a real request here, you get a nice burst of camaraderie, an emergent sense that you’re on the same team.