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Oddly? His essays are regularly thinly-veiled excuses to peddle libertarian horse shit I thought Hackers and Painters was decent and even in those essays Paul

by rvrs 2y ago

Oddly? His essays are regularly thinly-veiled excuses to peddle libertarian horse shit I thought Hackers and Painters was decent and even in those essays Paul couldn’t help him self

SpaceManNabs 2y ago
Totally agree. One of my biggest critiques of entrepreneur and hacker circles is how much they ride PG. dude is rich, not some sort of genius policy maker. The difference between a lot of hackers now and PG isnt talent, it is that someone was making a good website when the internet pretty much was empty lol. Google was still a baby compared to yahoo. edit: since i was pretty negative here, i will sing some praise. Graham is incredibly technologically capable, knows what problems are worth investing in, and is great at leading people. Those qualities are great, and he is a world star at it.
- WalterBright 2y ago
  Right now, there is a guy in a garage founding the next billion dollar company, doing something we all will wish we thought of.
  - gghffguhvc 2y ago
    Partly helped by guys having it easier fundraising.
    - WalterBright 2y ago
      Elizabeth Holmes didn't have problems raising funds. She was rather spectacular at it.
      - gghffguhvc 2y ago
        Just fyi: this joke fell flat on me at best.
        WalterBright 2y ago
        It wasn't a joke.
  - jmward01 2y ago
    Maybe it is a sun room. I hope it is a sun room since I am in one right now and I want to be that person!
    - WalterBright 2y ago
      Stop wanting and start doing!
      - jmward01 2y ago
        Who says I'm not? :)
  - karmakurtisaani 2y ago
    Btw, the point of the original article was that less and less people have access to this garage.
    - WalterBright 2y ago
      I started my business, and the only investment was buying a computer. Today you can buy a computer for $300 from the pawn shop. You also have access to worldwide markets with the internet and fulfilled by Amazon. It's never been easier to create a startup.
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by rvrs 2y ago

Oddly? His essays are regularly thinly-veiled excuses to peddle libertarian horse shit I thought Hackers and Painters was decent and even in those essays Paul couldn’t help him self

SpaceManNabs 2y ago

Totally agree. One of my biggest critiques of entrepreneur and hacker circles is how much they ride PG. dude is rich, not some sort of genius policy maker. The difference between a lot of hackers now and PG isnt talent, it is that someone was making a good website when the internet pretty much was empty lol. Google was still a baby compared to yahoo. edit: since i was pretty negative here, i will sing some praise. Graham is incredibly technologically capable, knows what problems are worth investing in, and is great at leading people. Those qualities are great, and he is a world star at it.

WalterBright 2y ago
Right now, there is a guy in a garage founding the next billion dollar company, doing something we all will wish we thought of.
- gghffguhvc 2y ago
  Partly helped by guys having it easier fundraising.
  - WalterBright 2y ago
    Elizabeth Holmes didn't have problems raising funds. She was rather spectacular at it.
    - gghffguhvc 2y ago
      Just fyi: this joke fell flat on me at best.
      - WalterBright 2y ago
        It wasn't a joke.
- jmward01 2y ago
  Maybe it is a sun room. I hope it is a sun room since I am in one right now and I want to be that person!
  - WalterBright 2y ago
    Stop wanting and start doing!
    - jmward01 2y ago
      Who says I'm not? :)
- karmakurtisaani 2y ago
  Btw, the point of the original article was that less and less people have access to this garage.
  - WalterBright 2y ago
    I started my business, and the only investment was buying a computer. Today you can buy a computer for $300 from the pawn shop. You also have access to worldwide markets with the internet and fulfilled by Amazon. It's never been easier to create a startup.
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