"If you can't learn from, if you can't make friends and allies with people from all walks of life, if you must sit in your little castle with the few you count

"If you can't learn from, if you can't make friends and allies with people from all walks of life, if you must sit in your little castle with the few you count as your tribe -- are you not obviously much poorer for it" Exactly, see this article from two days ago about how men and women are afraid to be alone with one another. Considering how often networking comes up in any job related thread, I think we are much poorer for it. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14685873 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14685873