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Why would anyone care who Paul Graham hangs out with?

• DANmode 1y ago
  Is that a joke?
  • DANmode 1y ago
    I bet he'd be pumped to know he created a community that's so counterculture it either doesn't know who he is, or disdains him. Actual lol.
    • eddythompson80 1y ago
      Mark Zuckerberg created much bigger and more useful communities. Must be the better man. Actual lol.
      • DANmode 1y ago
        Huh?
    • uamgeoalsk 1y ago
      Counterculture? Do you think you have to be counterculture not to know who Paul Graham is? What the fuck lol. Ask anyone outside of your little bubble and they won't have a fucking clue. Edit: The above was needlessly confrontational. I don't know you and it was uncalled for. I just fucking despise Silicon Valley.
      • justsayinstuff 1y ago
        You know where you're posting, right? Not know who he is funny, not counterculture. Having disdain for him is getting there.
      • muskyFelon 1y ago
        It's really sad to see what big tech has become these days. At least some folks are ready to stop drinking the kool-aid.
        • DANmode 1y ago
          Which folks are you talking about? "Say more"
      • LtWorf 1y ago
        I honestly never heard of this person before now. I presume some startupper.
        • burnt-resistor 1y ago
          Is that the guy with the purple Porsche? Who or what were we talking about again?
          • LtWorf 1y ago
            How would I know which car someone I don't know has?
• android521 1y ago
  many people do care because he provides more signals the guy PG hangs out with is more likely to be legit than a random person
  • rchaud 1y ago
    ...or just somebody who plays the SV networking game well enough to be in the room. Any number of Adam Neumanns and Sam Bankman-Fried-adjacent personality types could get through that door.
    • DANmode 1y ago
      But...would Paul write that if he hadn't read (some of) the code? ...you know he can read code, don't you?