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Seems like most of the best opportunities in general are exactly like this. It's not about what you know, but who you know...
by itchyouch 10y ago
Seems like most of the best opportunities in general are exactly like this. It's not about what you know, but who you know...
- munin 10y agoOh it's worse than that, it's what you know and who you know.
- IIIIIIIIIIII 10y agoIf you see humanity as a brain and a human like a neuron, the network produces outcomes unimaginable from looking at the individual. Which is easy if you look at an individual stone-age human, and even they are actually more advanced thanks to culture and groups (tribes) than an individual human would be (which would be more akin to a "Mowgli", grown up without learning from and support of the group). So it's no surprise who you know is important - the brain is mostly about connectivity, not about the individual neuron. Just a model for thought, obviously not a complete description ("every model is wrong"). I think the value of this model, if you can warm up to it, is that you stop worrying that "it's all about the connections" - because it really is and it's useful that way because that's a major point of how a network works. So do work on your connectivity! And also just like in the brain, a few high-quality connections are worth much more than a thousand low-quality ones.
- chrisweekly 10y agoIt's not who you know, it's who knows you.