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Ask HN: What Is Paul Graham Doing?

29 points by gist 8y ago

His last essay dates to 2017. Anyone know what Paul has been up to?

snow_mac 8y ago
Smoking "funny" cigars with Elon Musk and the Easter bunny.
peruvian 8y ago
Spending time with his family and probably reading.
- HNLurker2 8y ago
  Like Eminem many famous/artist disappear spending time with family
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maximp 8y ago
I think he's in London / somewhere in the UK, probably spending time with his family.
cvaidya1986 8y ago
He is in the soul stone.
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angryasian 8y ago
I think he got caught up in the #metoo at its peak and probably laying low. https://www.inc.com/kimberly-weisul/paul-graham-female-founders.html https://www.inc.com/kimberly-weisul/paul-graham-female-found...
- ai_ia 8y ago
  That's not what the article suggests. He was accused of sexism, by someone on Twitter, not #meToo which attributes to the charge of sexual harassment.
- Isamu 8y ago
  That sounded like he was accused of misconduct or something. But apparently it was in response to an interview he did, that some people felt that some of his comments were sexist. And this was in 2014. He replied here: http://www.paulgraham.com/ff.html http://www.paulgraham.com/ff.html
  - gist 8y ago
    I don't think he is but in ff.html this actually deprecates from his point: > It's hard to argue I'm biased against female founders when I have a female cofounder myself Having your wife as a co-founder and using it to substantiate a lack of bias is like having your father in a company (much older) and using it to say 'I am not biased against older people'. Once again while it doesn't mean someone is biased it doesn't really support the point well and maybe even detracts. > And with 3 female partners out of 12, YC has slightly over 3x the venture industry average This is what I call a 'marijuana' comparison. (I am sure there is an exact term for it not what I call it). It's where you try to justify something as 'good' or 'ok' by comparing it to a much worse alternative. Like 'marijuana is not bad compared to alcohol'.
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sidcool 8y ago
He has probably reached a level of consciousness that he is an awareness suspended in a transcendental meditative state. His only output medium is Twitter. On a serious note, he has done a lot and may be taking time off with family and friends. I would love to hang out with him for some time.
ksaj 8y ago
One just needs to read the comments to this question to wonder how long until this becomes another slashdot or reddit. Can people converse online without filling paragraphs of completely unrelated "witty" jokes in damn near every comment? There used to be actual discourse here. Good question from gist. Too much childish silliness to bother seeing if anyone has a reasonable response...

29 points by gist 8y ago

His last essay dates to 2017. Anyone know what Paul has been up to?

snow_mac 8y ago

Smoking "funny" cigars with Elon Musk and the Easter bunny.

peruvian 8y ago

Spending time with his family and probably reading.

HNLurker2 8y ago
Like Eminem many famous/artist disappear spending time with family
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maximp 8y ago

I think he's in London / somewhere in the UK, probably spending time with his family.

cvaidya1986 8y ago

He is in the soul stone.

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angryasian 8y ago

I think he got caught up in the #metoo at its peak and probably laying low. https://www.inc.com/kimberly-weisul/paul-graham-female-founders.html https://www.inc.com/kimberly-weisul/paul-graham-female-found...

ai_ia 8y ago
That's not what the article suggests. He was accused of sexism, by someone on Twitter, not #meToo which attributes to the charge of sexual harassment.
Isamu 8y ago
That sounded like he was accused of misconduct or something. But apparently it was in response to an interview he did, that some people felt that some of his comments were sexist. And this was in 2014. He replied here: http://www.paulgraham.com/ff.html http://www.paulgraham.com/ff.html
- gist 8y ago
  I don't think he is but in ff.html this actually deprecates from his point: > It's hard to argue I'm biased against female founders when I have a female cofounder myself Having your wife as a co-founder and using it to substantiate a lack of bias is like having your father in a company (much older) and using it to say 'I am not biased against older people'. Once again while it doesn't mean someone is biased it doesn't really support the point well and maybe even detracts. > And with 3 female partners out of 12, YC has slightly over 3x the venture industry average This is what I call a 'marijuana' comparison. (I am sure there is an exact term for it not what I call it). It's where you try to justify something as 'good' or 'ok' by comparing it to a much worse alternative. Like 'marijuana is not bad compared to alcohol'.

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sidcool 8y ago

He has probably reached a level of consciousness that he is an awareness suspended in a transcendental meditative state. His only output medium is Twitter. On a serious note, he has done a lot and may be taking time off with family and friends. I would love to hang out with him for some time.

ksaj 8y ago

One just needs to read the comments to this question to wonder how long until this becomes another slashdot or reddit. Can people converse online without filling paragraphs of completely unrelated "witty" jokes in damn near every comment? There used to be actual discourse here. Good question from gist. Too much childish silliness to bother seeing if anyone has a reasonable response...