Will robots reduce or increase human employment opportunities (speech)
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There are two high-level approaches:
Serendipitous: Place yourself in communities where you are around a lot of smart people with interests and goals that are relevant to you. There are some obvious examples of this like Harvard or a fast-growing startup as well as conferences and communities such as SouthPark Commons. But many other communities are out there if you look hard enough: for instance, the competitive programming world as well as early adopters of a product like Quora come to mind.
Transactional: Ask for introductions to specific people that would be directly helpful to achieve your goals. Don’t wait until the goal has become a necessity. For example, if you are interested in bitcoin mining, find second-degree connections who are experts and get introduced to them. When you do get introductions, offer to be helpful to them and ask relevant questions. LinkedIn is a great tool for this approach.