[zephen]

> PG missed her point to an astounding degree.

To be frank, this seems unlikely.

> I’m sort of dumbfounded at this level of misinterpretation.

It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.

  -- Upton Sinclair

Obviously, Paul Graham could understand, and I submit he does understand, and he doesn't even have to worry about a salary, but, like a not-quite-so-jaded version of a Koch brother or a Walton, he has a point of view to maintain and propagate.