It's strange that student debt is higher than ever at the same time that educating oneself is easier than ever. - Paul Graham
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It's strange that student debt is higher than ever at the same time that educating oneself is easier than ever.
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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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