Gee, I thought everyone here would already know about Paul Graham’s essays, because they get linked to a lot. But I probably shouldn’t take that kind of thing for granted.
I actually had the same reaction, which is what inspired this post. I was talking with some people in person and I brought up “Keep Your Identity Small,” which I expected everyone (as people familiar with Less Wrong) to know, only to find that many hadn’t read it and some didn’t even know who Paul Graham was.
Yeah, Keep Your Identity Small has easily enjoyed the same level of influence on my thinking as the best Sequence posts. I’d give it my maximum possible recommendation.
Gee, I thought everyone here would already know about Paul Graham’s essays, because they get linked to a lot. But I probably shouldn’t take that kind of thing for granted.
I actually had the same reaction, which is what inspired this post. I was talking with some people in person and I brought up “Keep Your Identity Small,” which I expected everyone (as people familiar with Less Wrong) to know, only to find that many hadn’t read it and some didn’t even know who Paul Graham was.
I had been assuming Keep Your Identity Small was a Sequence post.
Yeah, Keep Your Identity Small has easily enjoyed the same level of influence on my thinking as the best Sequence posts. I’d give it my maximum possible recommendation.