Re:An interview with Paul Graham on writing
by lidHanteyk on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @10:38AM
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It's called "Newton's flaming laser sword" [0]. You should try harder to support the claims of others on this site; it's in the rules [1].
Here's some classic critique of PG's buffoonery [2]. It's simple: When anybody puts words to the page, they are trying to tell you something. All PG seems to be trying to communicate is how deep and thoughtful he is; I certainly don't feel like I'm drawing any other lessons from his writing, and it seems like I'm not alone.
Here's some classic critique of PG's buffoonery [2]. It's simple: When anybody puts words to the page, they are trying to tell you something. All PG seems to be trying to communicate is how deep and thoughtful he is; I certainly don't feel like I'm drawing any other lessons from his writing, and it seems like I'm not alone.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Alder#Newton's_flaming_la...
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
[2] https://idlewords.com/2005/04/dabblers_and_blowhards.htm