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FTA: >In response Paul Graham, the Svengali of of the startup community, posted an essay calling for ideas that would kill Hollywood. From Wikipedia: >The wo
by redthrowaway 15y ago
FTA:
>In response Paul Graham, the Svengali of of the startup community, posted an essay calling for ideas that would kill Hollywood.
From Wikipedia:
>The word "svengali", has come to be used as a common noun referring to a person who, with evil intent, controls another person by persuasion or deceit. The Svengali may use pseudo-kindness and manipulation to get the other person to turn over their autonomy.
How, exactly, is this an apt description of pg?