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That article seemed full of purpose the first time I read it, the second time, not so much. More like a random selection of slogans and triviality.
by sovande 17y ago
That article seemed full of purpose the first time I read it, the second time, not so much. More like a random selection of slogans and triviality.
- idlewords 17y agoThere's a pleasant irony here, too, since the hallmark of Paul Graham's essays is overgeneralizing from personal experience.
- thunk 17y agoThere's a pleasant irony here, too, since that's an overgeneralization.
- khafra 17y agoEveryone overgeneralizes from extremely limited data. At least, I do.
- thunk 17y agoNice. You were joking, right? Sometimes it's hard to tell.
- bkovitz 17y agoI don't think it's a joke. You have no choice but to overgeneralize from experience. If you limited yourself to only what you can support by direct observation, you would be catatonic or dead.
- thunk 17y agoPerhaps you have no choice but to generalize from experience. But some people are better than others at avoiding overgeneralization. Anyway, the juxtaposition of "Everyone ... At least I do" seems to peg it as a joke, given the subject.
- fburnaby 17y agoFor example, I figured everyone would continue to write one-line responses, making this thread continue in its pleasing diagonal venture across the page. Guess I was wrong.