Many of us make the assumption that Paul Graham's essay, discussed here, is partly in response to Zach Tellman's criticism, which was discussed here: https://n

Many of us make the assumption that Paul Graham's essay, discussed here, is partly in response to Zach Tellman's criticism, which was discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25325716 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25325716 The footnote, in particular, which Tellman highlights, seems to be a swipe at Tellman. It reads as Graham accusing Tellman of not being earnest. A "Renaissance man" is an old phrase, referring to someone who is good at many things (since Renaissance people like DaVinci were good at art, engineering, architecture and more). Tellman was making a joke about the laundry list of vices that Graham seemed to be imputing to Tellman. Not that the whole essay is in response to Tellman, but, the idea that Tellman's essay was on Graham's mind seems likely, especially when Graham makes the crack about Twitter.