An interview with Paul Graham on writing
Only Paul Graham and the more fanatic acolytes believe Paul Graham is a good writer (&quot;...and Paul Graham is having second thoughts&quot;, the joke usually goes on. But PG has only ever had one thought, and LISP isn&#x27;t <i>that</i> great).<p>Seriously: in comparison to, say, Scott Alexander, I don&#x27;t see a single novel idea in Graham&#x27;s Oeuvre. Mix any current text generator with the opinions of some 1980s teen just discovering Ayn Rand-style libertarianism, and it will fill as many pages as you want with the expected drivel, only in superior prose.