It feels like simple small talk — until it makes you feel weirdly slimy.
In this episode of Why This Exists, we unpack why networking is so uncomfortable, how it shifted from Benjamin Franklin’s warm, mutual-aid Junto into today’s transactional ladder-climbing, and why our brains react like something morally “off” is happening.
Along the way, we’ll share a few surprising psychology and history twists that make the cringe feel a lot less personal.