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Networking Is Bad for Your Network

Efficiency is Bad for your Time

Nitzan Hermon
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Networking is bad for your network, and efficiency is bad for your time.

Both are based on amassing and optimizing instead of being thoughtful with what you have and practicing self-authorship.

Scale, the obvious invisible inertia here, and a business culture that never questions it will bleed into how you think about yourself, your time, and the people you consider connected to.

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