Paul Graham
✓ Source-basedfallingEnglish-American programmer, venture capitalist, and essayist
Paul Graham is an English-American computer scientist, writer, essayist, entrepreneur and investor. His work includes the programming language Arc, the startup Viaweb, co-founding the startup accelerator and seed capital firm Y Combinator, a number of essays and books, and the media webpage Hacker News.
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Being mean makes you stupid. That's why I hate fights. You never do your best work in a fight, because fights are not sufficiently general.
"Mean People Fail", November 2014
Jessica and I have always worked hard to teach our kids not to be mean. We tolerate noise and mess and junk food, but not meanness.
"Mean People Fail", November 2014
Startups don't win by attacking. They win by transcending. There are exceptions of course, but usually the way to win is to race ahead, not to stop and fight.
"Mean People Fail", November 2014
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