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paul graham is like david brooks for tech. he presents a simple, clear philosophy that is very alluring when your about 20 years old. in my case, by the time i was 30 i could not believe i had ever found either interesting or compelling. to me, its a kind of philosophical junk food

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They both still have a good amount of interesting stuff to say. No public figure is perfect.

EX: I'd take Brooks over 90% of our existing elected officials...

Managing and dealing with issues, among those we can find the many people who want everything and—better—if—right—now that any elected public official has to deal with, is much different from having a "point of view", "my two cents", "a few words".

It is much easier saying "turn the other cheek" when you are not the one getting slapped.

it might sound extreme, but its my honest opinion that they both generally make it harder to understand whats actually going on

That’s exactly how I would put it. I read his article on Philosophy yesterday at 30 after reading his essays at 20 and admiring him. It’s crazy how impressionable my mind was at 20

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