Is the difficulty of running a company proportional to the technical difficulty of the problems it attempts to solve? I believe there's a lot more to running a company than finding a solution to a technical problem without killing anyone in the process.
I think it's fair to assume that Paul Graham, who runs a startup incubator, already knows that it takes more than that to run a company successfully. So what's the point of broadcasting this simplistic, condescending viewpoint to his followers?
If I was one, I would feel that he's looking down on me. "We smart, you dumb. We do thing good, so we also do other thing good. Shut up and clap for creator."
> Is the difficulty of running a company proportional to the technical difficulty of the problems it attempts to solve? I believe there's a lot more to running a company than finding a solution to a technical problem without killing anyone in the process.
Twitter as it is ("public square") may be one of the hardest companies in the world to run. Not because of the technical problems, but because of the people problems. There are just no concrete solutions to most problems, and everything is constantly backsliding. You're basically trying to play mediator to all the political divide in America, without cutting the baby in half, and that's just the American audience! I recall Yishan pointing out that Jack meditated like 4 hours a day to handle it. But I also Suspect Elon cares a lot less about maintaining the public square component in the face of his debt, so that may make it a lot easier.
I think it's fair to assume that Paul Graham, who runs a startup incubator, already knows that it takes more than that to run a company successfully. So what's the point of broadcasting this simplistic, condescending viewpoint to his followers?
If I was one, I would feel that he's looking down on me. "We smart, you dumb. We do thing good, so we also do other thing good. Shut up and clap for creator."