> sad but true BS. The "it's not what you know, it's who you know" maxim may be true, but it's myopic. Who you know is, to a great degree, a function of what

> sad but true BS. The "it's not what you know, it's who you know" maxim may be true, but it's myopic. Who you know is, to a great degree, a function of what you know. I consider myself well-connected for someone my age, but I didn't get that way through luck or through family ties. I did it by studying interesting problems and thereby meeting smart people who otherwise would not have given me the time of day.