It&#x27;s uncomfortable to me that Paul Graham felt he had to write this. In particular, his enumeration of Jessica Livingston&#x27;s &#x27;Social Radar&#x27; as if it is some kind of superpower reads to me like a long list of the virtues emotionally unintelligent hacker dudes lack, like he felt forced to justify her role in the founding of YC. I could be overreacting but I also find it telling that he doesn&#x27;t praise her for business acumen (until that blip at the end about data), but rather for her intuitive judgments.<p>Not a very interesting character portrait, and has an slightly weird sniff about it.