I agree. The above seems a far cry from most “normal” interactions which happen organically.
However, I would imagine it going the way described in the post in environments where people are pressured to signal that they are interesting—perhaps people feel this at LW/cryo/ other special topic meetups?
Alternatively, maybe they’re just higher energy because they went into the meeting with the purpose of doing something fun and interesting?
I agree. The above seems a far cry from most “normal” interactions which happen organically.
However, I would imagine it going the way described in the post in environments where people are pressured to signal that they are interesting—perhaps people feel this at LW/cryo/ other special topic meetups?
Alternatively, maybe they’re just higher energy because they went into the meeting with the purpose of doing something fun and interesting?