[etiennemarcel]

I never really understood the whole thing around Paul Graham. His insights on startups and tech are somewhat interesting and legitimate, but at this point I feel like some people are taking his every thought, even mondaine, as gospel...

[a_bonobo]

I've read a collection of his essays and outside of programming/startups, they are really mundane/black & white/binary division. I.e., the world is divided into nerds who are good, and bullies who are bad.

I guess it's halo effect? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_effect

[lonelappde]

You're posting on a paulgraham fansite.

[AlchemistCamp]

It gets really repetitive and boring to see this sort of comment (and often much nastier ad homenim attacks) every single time any of pg's writing is on the front page.

If you think his observations are mundane, then why not just move on to another link, hopefully one that you're interested in?

[nogabebop23]

It also gets tiring to have the knee-jerk defensive of PG or any other expert leveraging ina different vertical to be "if you don't love america than get the hell out".

HN loves to question the bonafides of everyone/everything; if you're sick of these comments, why do you take the time and effort to comment?

[AlchemistCamp]

I'm in this thread because I am interested in the submission and discussion on either the tweets, the site showcasing them or both.

I replied in a perhaps futile attempt to discourage a comment which has spawned an almost entirely mean-spirited sub-thread.

[sidlls]

There are a lot of “hackers” who think that the ability to code or build a successful business is synonymous with deep intellect and wisdom, and a forum such as this naturally attracts a greater number of them who engage in some vicarious glory seeking.

[nogabebop23]

You would think someone who said:

I actually worry a lot that as I get "popular" I'll be able to get away with saying stupider stuff than I would have dared say before. This sort of thing happens to a lot of people, and I would really like to avoid it

would probaly talk less or at least narrow his focus.

replace artists with parents and re-read https://idlewords.com/2005/04/dabblers_and_blowhards.htm