• Paul Graham - A Project of One's Own
    Jan 12 2025

    Today we explore how the spirit of personal projects - from childhood treehouses to groundbreaking innovations like the Macintosh - shapes human potential and career success. We examine why our education system often stifles rather than nurtures this natural drive, and what lessons adults can learn from children's fearless approach to creative work.

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    12 mins
  • Paul Graham - Good and Bad Procrastination
    Jan 3 2025

    In a world obsessed with productivity, new research suggests that what we consider procrastination might actually be the key to groundbreaking work. This deep dive explores how history's most impressive achievers often ignored small tasks in favor of big ideas, raising questions about how we define and measure success in both work and life.

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    8 mins
  • Paul Graham - Lies We Tell Kids
    Dec 31 2024

    An exploration of how adults systematically mislead children reveals uncomfortable truths about power, control, and societal norms that persist across generations. From well-intentioned protection to maintaining authority, these deceptions shape not just childhood but our adult understanding of reality, raising questions about how truth and lies mold human development and social structures.

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    23 mins
  • Paul Graham - Startups = Growth
    Dec 28 2024

    A deep dive into what truly defines a startup reveals it's not about being new, tech-focused, or venture-backed - it's all about explosive growth. This exploration of startup culture challenges conventional wisdom about business success, while raising important questions about whether our obsession with rapid scaling is creating unsustainable pressures in the modern economy.

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    13 mins
  • Paul Graham - Six Principles for Making New Things
    Dec 27 2024

    In a world obsessed with complexity and immediate validation, we explore how seemingly lightweight solutions often face initial skepticism before proving their transformative power. From web-based software to startup accelerators, this story reveals how some of tech's most influential innovations succeeded precisely because they dared to look 'incomplete' at first, challenging our assumptions about what makes an idea worthy of attention.

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    6 mins
  • Paul Graham - How to Do Great Work
    Dec 26 2024

    A deep exploration of how breakthrough achievements happen reveals surprising patterns that challenge conventional wisdom about success. From the critical role of 'productive procrastination' to why the most accomplished people often feel the most unsure, this investigation shows how doing truly meaningful work requires breaking free from traditional metrics of progress.

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    30 mins
  • Paul Graham - When To Do What You Love
    Dec 22 2024

    Today we explore the age-old career advice debate of following your passion versus chasing money, revealing surprising insights about how the world's most successful founders built their empires. From Bill Gates to Mark Zuckerberg, we'll examine how the intersection of personal interests and market opportunities can lead to both fulfillment and fortune, challenging conventional wisdom about career choices in today's economy.

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    7 mins
  • Paul Graham - Founder Mode
    Dec 21 2024

    A groundbreaking talk by Airbnb's Brian Chesky is sparking a fundamental rethinking of how tech companies should be run, revealing a growing divide between founder-led and manager-led organizations. His insights, backed by studies of Steve Jobs' leadership at Apple, suggest that conventional corporate wisdom may be holding back innovation and growth in ways that could reshape the future of business leadership.

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    6 mins