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The more available information is, the more I find I need to respond sooner. Sure, I could respond to a message about meeting up at any point. But if I don't respond promptly, I rarely have the context to prompt me later. I find "now or never" to be more common!

I really enjoy meeting people who work with APIs that are directly tied to money. Financial services, gambling sites, and similar. They tend to have excellent stories about bugs.

On instant gratification versus memory forming in the Internet age: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-02-25/yes-the-internet-can-make-us-happier I have fond memories of meeting Internet friends in person, learning new skills, and even games I enjoyed a teen. I'm not sure whether Internet activities are less memory forming.