# Paul Graham  Co-founder of [[Y Combinator]] ## Quotes <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[Paul Graham]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> <!-- SerializedQuery: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[Paul Graham]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> - [[AI will magnify the already great difference in knowledge between the people who are eager to learn and those who aren't]] - [[Brevity is the diction of command]] - [[If you care about money or power, stay close to AI, because for the foreseeable future this will be the big source of change in both]] - [[If you don't learn anything from writing an essay, don't publish it]] - [[Personality is how you seem. Character is how you are]] - [[The number of people who'll believe some crazy thing never goes all the way to zero]] - [[The point of practice is to cause you to do the right thing by habit, without having to think about it consciously. That's why it's worthwhile practicing things you already know how to do]] - [[The way to figure out what to work on is by working. If you're not sure what to work on, guess. But pick something and get going]] - [[Useful writing tells people something true and important that they didn't already know, and tells them as unequivocally as possible]] - [[When you see a mob doing something, it should make you less likely to do it yourself, not more likely]] <!-- SerializedQuery END --> <!-- SerializedQuery: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[Paul Graham]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> - [[AI will magnify the already great difference in knowledge between the people who are eager to learn and those who aren't]] - [[Brevity is the diction of command]] - [[If you don't learn anything from writing an essay, don't publish it]] - [[Personality is how you seem. Character is how you are]] - [[The number of people who'll believe some crazy thing never goes all the way to zero]] - [[The point of practice is to cause you to do the right thing by habit, without having to think about it consciously. That's why it's worthwhile practicing things you already know how to do]] - [[The way to figure out what to work on is by working. If you're not sure what to work on, guess. But pick something and get going]] - [[Useful writing tells people something true and important that they didn't already know, and tells them as unequivocally as possible]] - [[When you see a mob doing something, it should make you less likely to do it yourself, not more likely]] <!-- SerializedQuery END --> ## Books <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #books AND [[Paul Graham]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC -->