Small Talk Is For Small People
No one cares about small people's opinions.
It's fascinating in an icking way how people can just keep talking about basic things they already know the answer to. They do it for days, weeks, years.
The social games (or "status games" as said by Naval) that humanity has is the main reason for this. Social media, politics, friendship dynamics etc.
My theory is that the more technical a conversation is, the more fulfilling it will be.