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What's your takeaway from it? (I don't have a subscription to The Information.)

• lazugod 13y ago
  This is what he wrote about it https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6977623 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6977623
• tptacek 13y ago
  About the sexism issue? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6980805 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6980805 About the interview as a whole? Sadly, I think the whole interview was pretty boring, and the discrimination stuff was the most interesting part of it. Everything else Graham had to say, it seemed like he had said elsewhere before. I'm not criticizing Paul Graham here: I think he made the rest of his points effectively and was well-tuned to the audience. Ironically, Graham spends some time later in the interview talking about "reputation as potential energy" (which rings true to me), and how that energy is part of what makes people "attack" him and YC --- presumably, he means that the energy he has captured is threatening to people. I wonder if he had fielded that question first, before the discrimination thing, if he might have said something different about women in tech.
  • larrys 13y ago
    Haven't you watched any prison movies? Everyone wants to take down the new barn boss. (Sean Penn in "Bad Boys"[1])? I'm joking of course (about the barn boss) but the truth is it's a good sign when you get to the point where people analyze and give a shit about every word that comes out of your mouth. You can then move the needle. I say ignore the controversy and use it to your advantage. [1] Remember the dweeb that built the radio and took down the goon with an explosion?
• samsolomon 13y ago
  On another note—what do you think of The Information? I'm considering subscribing.