AI gives us answers on demand, endless patience and speed. What it can’t give us is accountability, shared stakes and the feeling that people like us do this. Growth is social, and in an age of cheap answers the right room is the scarce thing.

This talk is a practical look at how the people and norms around us shape what we become, and how to change that on purpose. Through true stories, from a runner who almost quit, to a hospital patient who came alive in a cafeteria, to a flying-club ground school and a community built with AI, you’ll learn a simple four-part check for any group (space, peers, mentors, culture) and how to find or build the people you grow with, where you help and get helped. Attendees take away one idea and one action to try this week.

Growth is social. In the age of AI, the scarce resource isn’t answers, it’s the right people around you. Learn how to choose your room, check whether it’s working, and build it when it doesn’t exist.