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The lesson to unlearn

A new essay by Paul Graham talks about a lesson we all learn in school that does a poor job preparing us for life. We learn to score well on tests that aren’t actually representative of knowledge. “If tests truly […]

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What you can’t say

This is an incredible essay by Paul Graham. “It seems to be a constant throughout history: In every period, people believed things that were just ridiculous, and believed them so strongly that you would have gotten in terrible trouble for […]

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Life is short. 

Another Paul Graham classic post. If you haven’t read it, you should. If you have, a re-read is worthwhile. Life really is short, so cut the bullshit out of your life. | learn more

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The acceleration of addictiveness. 

“What hard liquor, cigarettes, heroin, and crack have in common is that they’re all more concentrated forms of less addictive predecessors. Most if not all the things we describe as addictive are. And the scary thing is, the process that […]