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He's always written about conformism and wealth. See "Why Nerds Are Unpopular" (2003) [1], "What You Can't Say" (2004) [2], and a lengthy discussion of what wea
by john-shaffer 6y ago
He's always written about conformism and wealth. See "Why Nerds Are Unpopular" (2003) [1], "What You Can't Say" (2004) [2], and a lengthy discussion of what wealth is and what it means for society in "How to Make Wealth" (2004) [3]. All of these are featured in his book, "Hackers and Painters".
[1] http://paulgraham.com/nerds.html http://paulgraham.com/nerds.html
[2] http://paulgraham.com/say.html http://paulgraham.com/say.html
[3] http://paulgraham.com/wealth.html http://paulgraham.com/wealth.html
- fossuser 6y agoYep, I liked those too. I think it was harder to narrowly categorize those as in-group vs. out-group than the newer ones though. Maybe it's because people are more polarized now and there's less room for talking about interesting points that don't clearly fit into an existing political group? Maybe if those were written today people would find them similarly 'disconnected'? I don't know, but I agree his new stuff isn't that different from the kinds of topics he's historically written about.
- marvin 6y agoBingo. The world is more polarized now, and PG’s classic essays would get the same treatment if published today. Those who don’t have a knee-jerk reaction to the politics they seem to imply, aren’t as loud as those who have to disagree.