The same recipe that makes individuals rich makes countries… - Paul Graham

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The same recipe that makes individuals rich makes countries powerful. Let the nerds keep their lunch money, and you rule the world.

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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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The recipe for great work is: very exacting taste, plus the ability to gratify it.

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The same recipe that makes individuals rich makes countries powerful. Let the nerds keep their lunch money, and you rule the world. - Paul Graham

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