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Keynote: Paul Graham, YCombinator

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What it is

Paul Graham's keynote at PyCon 2012, in which he talks about startup ideas and what kinds of companies are likely to matter in the future. He discusses ideas such as a better email client and a search engine for hackers, and argues for looking back at the present from the future.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters return to it as a worldview-shaping talk whose predictions about technology and startup ideas turned out to be prescient.

  • 7 people recommended it
  • 7 different months
  • 3 strong recommendations
  • first 2012, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “This is one of the most interesting things I have seen in a long time.”

    Interesting talk with predictions on technology climate.

    vonklaus, 2015-11 · Strong recommendation · in “Jessica Livingston on the Accidental Origin of Y Combinator”

  2. “It was the talk that brought about the biggest change in the way I think about the world, my ambitions.”

    Talk that changed the commenter's worldview and ambitions.

    anondon, 2016-10 · Strong recommendation · in “Ask HN: What's your favorite tech talk?”

  3. “Check this talk from 2012”

    Talk anticipating many of today's impressive companies.

    rahulchhabra07, 2019-12 · Strong recommendation · in “Ask HN: Who is “ahead of his/her time” nowadays?”

  4. “I really began to understand what his intentions were.”

    Gives context for the intentions behind App.net.

    andrew_simone, 2012-08 · Recommendation · in “How App.net Can Change Everything”

  5. “Or if you prefer to watch it from 2012's PyCon”

    Paul Graham's PyCon 2012 keynote on ongoing diagnosis idea

    laCour, 2013-10 · Recommendation · in “Why US Healthcare sucks and how I’m trying to change it”

  6. “It is a great way to think about and frame how to judge startup ideas.”

    Framework for judging startup ideas from high-potential overlooked technology.

    yatoomy, 2015-02 · Recommendation · in “What Microsoft is this the Altair Basic of?”

  7. “I like his talk at Pycon in 08, where he talks about building a better email client”

    PyCon talk on building a better email client and old Moore's law.

    on_, 2015-09 · Recommendation · in “Dropbox has open-sourced Zulip”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: paul graham, y combinator, startup ideas, pycon, predictions

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