Hackers & Painters
by Paul Graham
Graham's essays on programming, startups, wealth and nerds: why nerds are unpopular, how to make wealth, the hundred-year language. Opinionated and influential; many essays are free online, but the collection is a good object.
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Three things you will actually use
- Wealth is created by making things people want.
- Hackers are makers, like painters.
- Measurement and leverage create outsized returns.
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Read 'How to Make Wealth' and write what you could make that people want.
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The influential essays.
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