I Stumbled Upon Paul Graham's Essays – and Can't Stop Reading
4 pointsby xnslx4 hours ago5 comments
  • ex-aws-dude3 hours ago
    How is a post with literally 2 points the top of /ask

    The algorithm on this site makes no sense sometimes

    • Dumblydorr2 hours ago
      It seems based heavily on recency? Not a lot questions per day it seems. Does anyone have the algorithm for ranking?
    • xnslxan hour ago
      Don't take it seriously, it's just luck.
  • OutrageousTea2 hours ago
    Paul Graham’s essays have that rare keeps pulling you in effect and simple writing but deep ideas that stick with you long after reading.
  • andsoitis4 hours ago
    > how can one person be that insightful

    Then you will truly be blown away by Aristotle, Newton, Plato, Kant, Darwin, Einstein, Marx, Confucius, Leibniz, Freud.

    • Dumblydorran hour ago
      Yeah maybe my standard is high but PG is just another essayist. I’d rather reach for real literature or historical non-fiction before PG. I will grant for the tech industry it’s some of the more insightful stuff I’ve seen but I don’t need more folk wisdom, I need more screen-free doing and less consumption of text.
    • xnslx2 hours ago
      Yes, actually I also read a lot of Aristotle. Totally blown away by such wisdom!!
  • mikewarotan hour ago
    Congratulations, you're one of the lucky 10,000. Here's the appropriate XKCD ref.

    https://xkcd.com/1053/

  • xnslx4 hours ago
    Which essay do you like the best? It inspires me so much and makes me want to keep writing. As he said, there’s a kind of thinking that can only be owned by writing.