What we’re asking
Somewhere along the way, meeting people became 'networking' — a verb that treats humans as nodes and conversations as pipeline. It optimized for volume and got exactly that.
This episode is a field guide to the opposite: introductions with intent, made by people who know both sides, aimed at collaboration instead of collection. Fewer contacts, more consequences.
We'll talk about what makes an introduction land, why the best connectors are terrible at networking, and how software could reward depth instead of reach.