Way back in 2012 I wrote this.

... as long as I have been in business I keep hearing (and repeating) the phrase – how do you ‘monetize the network’ ?
And remember that old line from Stanford University Network (sic) – ‘The Network is the Computer.’ ? How about “.. it’s not what you know – it’s who you know”. Let’s not forget that the second oldest profession in the world is ‘The Middleman’ – who live and die (see Layer Cake) by their connections.

And?

And. When I saw this graphic from Gaping Void ... it got me to wondering. Has he worked it out? If so - will he share? Because I definitely understand how I can love my making introductions between people ... but have yet to wrestle to the ground how I make wealth if the value is delivered three degrees of separation away ... and that is what we are talking about. Right?