Paul Graham

"set up a separate computer for using the Internet" -- and for those of us whose work takes us online? - Bill Hooker

@Anthony, I agree! - asiriusgeek

hi Paul, I have translated this post into chinese for noncommercial use. Following is the link:http://www.yeeyan.com/articles... Please tell me if there is any problem with this, I will remove the translation. To be frank, your words inspired me a lot, though I am neither a programmer nor a hacker, the principles and the way you analyse how to start a startup is applicable to other industries than programming, too, Thank you, dude. Best regards, pestwave - pestwave

too complicated to be true - Ketan Khairnar

As someone who is interested in anthropology, and the evolution of social structures I appreciate this piece. There's also a similiar 'reason' as to why most of can remember a limited number if names/faces. But I didn't quite like the 'humans seem to be designed' lingo. Sometimes this sort of language is unavoidable, but no one designed us! - Kambiz Kamrani

Everyone should read this fine piece of article! I'm not sure about some of the metaphors, yet I totally agree with your point. Yet, for various reasons, humans tend to live/work/stay in huge numbers... I am also very curious about your ideas/thoughts on working in small teams and creating harmony... Care to give some clues ? - Alemsah

It rings very very true, I just left yahoo after 5 years and joined a small startup ( fav.or.it), and i have probably been stretched more in the last month than i was in the whole last year at yahoo, and despite the hardships, i am loving every second of it. I have found areas of my brain starting to turn on again now I'm free from the corporate stupor. However one rift point i am finding is the vast difference in culture between the two, i have to tread carefully to make sure I dont bring the worst in. - Tim Hawkins

"If most of your ideas aren't stupid, you're probably being too conservative. You're not bracketing the problem." - this is one of the most valuable sentence I heard. - Pawel Szczesny

I think it was Marvin Minsky (or maybe Stewart Brand) who said that he liked to look at the edge to see where the center is going. Of course, finding good and diverse information sources on the edge is challenging. - Michael Nielsen

Love this one! - AJ Batac ♘

Great read. How to Win Friends and Influence People is updated constantly: the book from the 1940s and 50s is different even from the 30s edition. The principles, however, are timeless, and remain the same throughout all the editions. I'd also recommend the course to anyone seriously interested in building their leadership and relationship skills. - Mark Trapp

"Like" for all others. I had read all of them. ; ) - Erhan Erdogan

I've read them all. I don't "Like" them... I ♥ them! - AJ Batac ♘

Viaweb was a big reason I dropped out of grad school and became an internet entrepreneur over 10 years ago. Thanks, Paul! :-) - Millard Baker

This one is my fav. - Hao Chen

hello - Caleb Elston

Just a "hello" ??????? : ) - Erhan Erdogan

Unbelievable : ))) Heard me? You added your feed after twenty minutes. : ) - Erhan Erdogan