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He said "more exciting" at the beginning of your quote. And if the 14-year-olds somehow don't already want to be rich, how is Paul Graham telling them how to do
by ToValueFunfetti 3y ago
He said "more exciting" at the beginning of your quote. And if the 14-year-olds somehow don't already want to be rich, how is Paul Graham telling them how to do it going to teach them that it is the most important thing?
- JR1427 3y agoIf people often give advice about how to do a certain thing, pretty soon you are going to think that the thing is important.
- ToValueFunfetti 3y agoMany people seem to survive 7 hours of advice on how to write properly, solve math problems, and understand history and science for 175 days a year over 12 of their most impressionable years without thinking any of those things are important. That doesn't give me a lot of cause for alarm over a 15 minute Paul Graham talk
- surgical_fire 3y agoIt's still good to call out bullshit when you see it.