>>12703342>Then how do you accomplish anything tangible?What are you trying to do? If you do theory, then these days it's super easy, you can just post your stuff to the internet, like Ron Maimon does, no publication necessary. In this case, the social connections will mostly be a hinderance to your potential to do great work. The internet removed all the barriers to the required knowledge and means of publication, at least it did for the theory department.
