The value of "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" is not just … - Paul Graham

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The value of "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" is not just that it prevents you from messing up things that are going well, but that it also causes you to focus instead on fixing the things that are real problems.

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About Paul Graham

Paul Graham (born 1964) is an English computer scientist, essayist, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and author. He is best known for his work on the programming language Lisp, his former startup Viaweb (later renamed Yahoo! Store), cofounding the influential startup accelerator and seed capital firm Y Combinator, his essays, and Hacker News.

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