how you know

Paul Graham is the founder of Y-combinator (https://www.ycombinator.com/) and someone I enjoy checking in on over the years. there are some writers who have a consistent enough subject matter and personality that reading them over a long period of time yields a useful mental model. I’d enjoy hearing from anyone who can suggest other people that they’ve followed for a long time.

Graham’s essays (http://www.paulgraham.com/articles.html) are how you should get to know him. I have found them an amazing source of inspiration over the years. ever since I first encountered his 2004 oscon talk “great hackers” (http://www.paulgraham.com/gh.html) via podcast, I have enjoyed his ideas. my favorite example being: