You enter a large ballroom or conference venue, full of groups of people having interesting conversations. Many people you know, quite a few you do not. Do you expect to be part of every conversations from start to finish? Do you mill about seeing where you can drop in? Do you rely on people later to tell you what you heard?
@cogdog I've been thinking a lot about this idea. I love the meandering conversation paths that are more natural.
But in real-life chats, it's only later that the value of what was shared really clicks. "Wait, what was the name of the book or person, or idea they referred to? What was their name again?"
There was a time, that was all lost - now sometimes I can search & find it/them. If I can lose even less, I'd be happy.