Network capital is vastly overrated/overvalued relative to financial and knowledge capital. People waste too much effort acquiring it
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To elaborate, "network capital" is really zero-sum attention mercantilism at best, negative-sum lemon-market for scenesters at worst
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To turn networking into a schumpeterian economy, attention has to be a positive sum game. Free up more attention than you consume.
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With attention as with money or knowledge: the only people who can get loans are the ones who don't need them. Better to come bearing equity
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Don't ask for $, bring a deal opp. Don't ask for teaching, bring piece of puzzle. Don't ask for attention, bring attention surplus generator
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What’s an example of an attention surplus generator? Something that draws attention, or something that obviates some attentional draw?

