In LessWrong Sydney we are blessed with an unusually high number of natural leaders or people quite good at steering conversations. Its our luck, and we take advantage of it. (I am one of those people) (estimate 5-6 of our core are like this, usually at least 3 are at a meetup)
I stubbornly take out a notepad and pen, and persistently make notes on “current topic”, a few words or so. in addition, if ever there is something I want to mention, I also write it down (often as I feel the conversation steering away without covering it), and people don’t seem to mind coming back if the conversation does not naturally steer back over it. So far I have never not-managed to mention something and don’t usually feel over-bearing in controlling the conversation (although I have my feelers out about doing so around LW)
I would like to emphasise as well that social control and awareness is a skill that can be learnt through some of each of books, online guides and in-person-practice.
In LessWrong Sydney we are blessed with an unusually high number of natural leaders or people quite good at steering conversations. Its our luck, and we take advantage of it. (I am one of those people) (estimate 5-6 of our core are like this, usually at least 3 are at a meetup)
I stubbornly take out a notepad and pen, and persistently make notes on “current topic”, a few words or so. in addition, if ever there is something I want to mention, I also write it down (often as I feel the conversation steering away without covering it), and people don’t seem to mind coming back if the conversation does not naturally steer back over it. So far I have never not-managed to mention something and don’t usually feel over-bearing in controlling the conversation (although I have my feelers out about doing so around LW)
I would like to emphasise as well that social control and awareness is a skill that can be learnt through some of each of books, online guides and in-person-practice.