Recommendation 📖 Paul Graham

The essays of Paul Graham - known for Y Combinator and Hacker News - are always worth to read. I love that it’s exactly the opposite of what I’m doing (currently): occasionally super detailed essays and always providing value.

Just today he published a new one about what he worked on and two paragraphs had me hooked:

Startup Stories

[…] she met friends of mine from the startup world, she was surprised how different reality was. And how colorful their stories were. So she decided to compile a book of interviews with startup founders.

This sounds like the ancestor of Starter Story - Learn how people starting successful businesses.

Dinner Parties

I used to have dinners for a group of friends every thursday night, which taught me how to cook for groups. […] Three separate hosts would all invite their friends to one party. So for every guest, two thirds of the other guests would be people they didn’t know but would probably like.

Dinner Parties could be something I’d like to incorporate in my life. Just two major show-stoppers currently: first of all, my flat is not equipped for that (not enough room, too small kitchen, too small table); secondly, the ongoing COVID19 pandemic which is making gatherings outrageous and inappropriate.