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{"id":1179092048672166000,"conversation_id":"1179092048672165894","created_at":1569952425000,"date":"2019-10-01","time":"17:53:45","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"If Elizabeth Warren were right that Facebook stifles innovation and should be broken up, startup investors would agree with her. They both (a) understand startups, and (b) have the most to lose if incumbents kill the up and coming ones. But on the whole they don't agree with her.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":162,"retweets_count":185,"likes_count":1301,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1179092048672165894","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1175833330761326600,"conversation_id":"1175833330761326594","created_at":1569175486000,"date":"2019-09-22","time":"18:04:46","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"When you finish YC, they take you into a special room and tell you that fundraising is not success, but merely a means to an end, which is creating a successful company.\n\nThey also tell you this constantly before YC, during it, and after it.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":43,"retweets_count":251,"likes_count":2038,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1175833330761326594","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
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{"id":1175368153209155600,"conversation_id":"1175367574395113472","created_at":1569064579000,"date":"2019-09-21","time":"11:16:19","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"This would be an interesting question for people who study such things: are the dynamics of Twitter mobs different on weekends?","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":18,"retweets_count":12,"likes_count":215,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1175368153209155585","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
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{"id":1174681041560383500,"conversation_id":"1174681041560383488","created_at":1568900759000,"date":"2019-09-19","time":"13:45:59","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"\"Burgeoning\" is one of those words that doesn't occur in spoken English. You only see it when people switch into their fancy writing diction. \n\nIt's getting real big, they think. But I can't say that. I know, I'll say that it's burgeoning.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":29,"retweets_count":26,"likes_count":402,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1174681041560383488","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1174400960371810300,"conversation_id":"1174400960371810305","created_at":1568833982000,"date":"2019-09-18","time":"19:13:02","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"Jessica enabled parental controls on Netflix. 10 yo figured out the password. Then Jessica forgot the password. Now whenever she needs to get past parental controls, she has to ask him to enter it for her.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":63,"retweets_count":259,"likes_count":3613,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1174400960371810305","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1174239753354514400,"conversation_id":"1174239753354514433","created_at":1568795548000,"date":"2019-09-18","time":"08:32:28","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"The first sentences of two stories that end badly:\n\nYou've invented valuable technology, and you just need to find  someone to \"commercialize\" it for you.\n \nYou have a great idea for a startup, and you just need to find a technical cofounder to implement it for you.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":98,"retweets_count":598,"likes_count":2841,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1174239753354514433","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
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{"id":1172454808378368000,"conversation_id":"1172454808378368000","created_at":1568369984000,"date":"2019-09-13","time":"10:19:44","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"Don't start a startup to make things for people who are evil or dishonest. It will be demoralizing, and thus less likely to succeed. Unless you are yourself evil or dishonest.\n\n(This is one of many things you get for free when you start by building something you yourself want.)","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":37,"retweets_count":169,"likes_count":1031,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1172454808378368000","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
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{"id":1172430190401572900,"conversation_id":"1172430190401572864","created_at":1568364114000,"date":"2019-09-13","time":"08:41:54","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"The most interesting point in the Gribbins' excellent biography of Feynman is the value of \"irresponsibly\" ignoring existing research and working everything out for yourself from first principles.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":30,"retweets_count":153,"likes_count":979,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1172430190401572864","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1172068383766077400,"conversation_id":"1172068383766077440","created_at":1568277853000,"date":"2019-09-12","time":"08:44:13","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"7 yo likes to play while I read bedtime stories. Since there's no chair in the boys' room and his bed is vacant, I sit on that while I read. Last night he wanted to tell a story. I was so tired I fell asleep. So Jessica arrived to find him telling a story as I slept on his bed.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":34,"retweets_count":39,"likes_count":1434,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1172068383766077440","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1169320534624166000,"conversation_id":"1169320534624165889","created_at":1567622715000,"date":"2019-09-04","time":"18:45:15","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"\"It's really boring. It seems like they just googled for a bunch of stuff. But maybe it's useful to people outside the field.\"\n\n– book review by Trevor Blackwell","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":10,"retweets_count":9,"likes_count":195,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1169320534624165889","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1168867301883560000,"conversation_id":"1168867301883559937","created_at":1567514655000,"date":"2019-09-03","time":"12:44:15","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"\"The quality being sought, more than any other, is determination. In any discussion of pilot training, at whatever stage, this is the word that crops up most frequently...\"\n\n– Colin Strong and Duff Hart-Davis on the selection of RAF fighter pilots, 1981","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":11,"retweets_count":67,"likes_count":326,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1168867301883559937","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1166877328091168800,"conversation_id":"1166877328091168768","created_at":1567040209000,"date":"2019-08-29","time":"00:56:49","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"\"Burger King is going to do better than McDonald's until McDonald's gets the Impossible Burger.\"\n\n– 10 yo after trying an Impossible Whopper","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":46,"retweets_count":94,"likes_count":1110,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1166877328091168768","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1166792321716736000,"conversation_id":"1166785669122772993","created_at":1567019942000,"date":"2019-08-28","time":"19:19:02","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"(Encouraging startups came naturally to me, because I love optimism and ambition. It doesn't take an effort to encourage startups and help them figure out how to get bigger. It would take an effort not to.)","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":4,"retweets_count":12,"likes_count":134,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1166792321716736000","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1166790170114281500,"conversation_id":"1166785669122772993","created_at":1567019429000,"date":"2019-08-28","time":"19:10:29","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"Now that I think about it, optimism and ambition are two of the main things YC cultivates in the startups it funds. You have to do it well. You can't just say \"think big!\" and expect that to work. But doing this effectively is a big part of the value of YC.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":8,"retweets_count":15,"likes_count":163,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1166790170114281472","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1166625446437511200,"conversation_id":"1166625446437511168","created_at":1566980155000,"date":"2019-08-28","time":"08:15:55","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"My 10 yo asked who was the smartest person YC had funded. I started thinking of people, and then thought of more, and more, till I realized there was no hope of answering the question. That's a pleasing thought.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":29,"retweets_count":39,"likes_count":1301,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1166625446437511168","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
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{"id":1165816883389427700,"conversation_id":"1165816883389427712","created_at":1566787379000,"date":"2019-08-26","time":"02:42:59","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"The mistakes that inexperienced founders make have a lot in common with those that inexperienced writers make. They go about things in an overcomplicated way, because the obvious, simple approach doesn't seem \"serious\" enough.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":42,"retweets_count":689,"likes_count":3276,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1165816883389427712","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
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{"id":1165536740548866000,"conversation_id":"1165536740548866049","created_at":1566720588000,"date":"2019-08-25","time":"08:09:48","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"I asked 7 yo what someone who studies Star Wars should be called. He settled on \"galactologist.\"","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":11,"retweets_count":10,"likes_count":212,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1165536740548866049","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1165493380433858600,"conversation_id":"1165493135247470592","created_at":1566710250000,"date":"2019-08-25","time":"05:17:30","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"Q: We built x+y, and users only like y. What should we do?\n\nA: Build more y.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":13,"retweets_count":47,"likes_count":375,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1165493380433858561","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1165493135247470600,"conversation_id":"1165493135247470592","created_at":1566710191000,"date":"2019-08-25","time":"05:16:31","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"While most startup advice consists of warning founders about things they're doing wrong, a significant amount is encouraging them to do more of things they're doing right.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":8,"retweets_count":47,"likes_count":366,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1165493135247470592","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1165427109889601500,"conversation_id":"1165427109889601536","created_at":1566694450000,"date":"2019-08-25","time":"00:54:10","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"7 yo, to keep 10 yo in his place, regularly addresses him as \"padawan\" and sometimes even as \"youngling.\" 10 yo, who is not as into Star Wars, doesn't feel the sting in the insults. So everyone is happy.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":5,"retweets_count":13,"likes_count":375,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1165427109889601536","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1165348114904912000,"conversation_id":"1165348114904911872","created_at":1566675616000,"date":"2019-08-24","time":"19:40:16","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"On our last flight, a woman asked me to get her luggage down from the overhead bin. I had a brief moment of panic. Did I read somewhere that this was now forbidden? Then I realized that if she was asking me to it must be ok.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":119,"retweets_count":50,"likes_count":1005,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1165348114904911872","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
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{"id":1165342475134783500,"conversation_id":"1165342475134783488","created_at":1566674271000,"date":"2019-08-24","time":"19:17:51","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"Valuations after Demo Day are 10x what they used to be, and the investors who try to squeeze founders on terms are still at it. So clearly there is not, as they claim, a correct price for the startup. Clearly they start from market price, whatever it is, and push for a discount.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":14,"retweets_count":45,"likes_count":415,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1165342475134783488","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
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{"id":1164752613054640000,"conversation_id":"1164752613054640129","created_at":1566533637000,"date":"2019-08-23","time":"04:13:57","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"If Wikipedia is still around in 100 years, the 10 year old warnings about dire problems that precede each article will presumably still be there, except they'll then be 110 years old.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":8,"retweets_count":22,"likes_count":230,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1164752613054640129","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1164729991071879200,"conversation_id":"1164729991071879173","created_at":1566528244000,"date":"2019-08-23","time":"02:44:04","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"Asked 7 yo how many Star Wars characters he could name. He named 59. \n\nMeasured by space occupied in his brain, Star Wars is his Greek myths.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":30,"retweets_count":74,"likes_count":1050,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1164729991071879173","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1164396598178111500,"conversation_id":"1164396598178111488","created_at":1566448757000,"date":"2019-08-22","time":"04:39:17","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"If the potential of a startup is proportionate to the size times the incompetence of its competitors, the most promising startup of all would be one that competed with national governments. It's not impossible; this is what cryptocurrencies do.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":139,"retweets_count":783,"likes_count":3186,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1164396598178111488","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
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{"id":1164346184409858000,"conversation_id":"1164345930251788289","created_at":1566436737000,"date":"2019-08-22","time":"01:18:57","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"Suppose you have 40% of the co and you raise $1m at a valuation of $10m. Afterward you have 36%. Whereas if you raise $1m at a valuation of $20m, you have 38% afterward. Doubling the valuation only gets you 1/18 more equity.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":12,"retweets_count":31,"likes_count":271,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1164346184409858048","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1164345930251788300,"conversation_id":"1164345930251788289","created_at":1566436676000,"date":"2019-08-22","time":"01:17:56","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"If you compare funding offers not by valuation but by the amount of the company you have left afterward (which is what actually matters), you'll be less tempted by higher valuations.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":8,"retweets_count":105,"likes_count":660,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1164345930251788289","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1164340723954569200,"conversation_id":"1164266094774779905","created_at":1566435435000,"date":"2019-08-22","time":"00:57:15","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"As usual I can't help thinking of ways established cos could use this phenomenon to save themselves. But I'll keep those to myself; I want the startups to crush them. \n\nNot that they'd listen anyway.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":21,"retweets_count":14,"likes_count":360,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1164340723954569216","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1164300987210670000,"conversation_id":"1164300987210670081","created_at":1566425961000,"date":"2019-08-21","time":"22:19:21","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"Me: Do you want to play for the 49ers when you grow up?\n\n10 yo: It's not really for me to decide.\n\nMe: Yeah...\n\n10 yo: It depends where I get drafted.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":11,"retweets_count":27,"likes_count":982,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1164300987210670081","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1164266094774780000,"conversation_id":"1164266094774779905","created_at":1566417642000,"date":"2019-08-21","time":"20:00:42","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"When a company is going to get crushed by an up and coming startup, the smartest employees know it long beforehand. They know their employer is not going to die this month, so there's no urgency about leaving, but they know they'll be gone in a couple years.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":30,"retweets_count":217,"likes_count":1721,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1164266094774779905","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1164222104088092700,"conversation_id":"1164222104088092672","created_at":1566407154000,"date":"2019-08-21","time":"17:05:54","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"\"I think I can still recite my Demo Day pitch on command.\"\n\n– Edith Elliot of the nonprofit Noora Health, whose Demo Day was 5 years ago","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":8,"retweets_count":6,"likes_count":210,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1164222104088092672","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1164069995292184600,"conversation_id":"1164069995292184576","created_at":1566370888000,"date":"2019-08-21","time":"07:01:28","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"You can recognize the Bad Investor Bird by its distinctive call, \"Who else is investing?\"","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":43,"retweets_count":384,"likes_count":2213,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1164069995292184576","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1163863181518766000,"conversation_id":"1163863181518766082","created_at":1566321580000,"date":"2019-08-20","time":"17:19:40","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"\"What was Demo Day like for Apple?\"\n\n– 10 yo","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":20,"retweets_count":34,"likes_count":749,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1163863181518766082","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1163849119217025000,"conversation_id":"1163849119217025025","created_at":1566318227000,"date":"2019-08-20","time":"16:23:47","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"In 2012, 60% of US adults thought colleges had a positive effect on the country. Now 50% do. That is a big drop in 7 years.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":43,"retweets_count":111,"likes_count":775,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1163849119217025025","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1163684200769155000,"conversation_id":"1163684200769155073","created_at":1566278908000,"date":"2019-08-20","time":"05:28:28","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"\"It counseled a heightened consciousness, with many diagrams.\"\n\n– William Finnegan on Be Here Now","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":3,"retweets_count":7,"likes_count":65,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1163684200769155073","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1163606395242946600,"conversation_id":"1163606395242946560","created_at":1566260358000,"date":"2019-08-20","time":"00:19:18","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"\"\"You Can't Always Get What You Want\" is a life lesson for all the spoiled kids out there.\"\n\n– 7 yo on the Rolling Stones","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":10,"retweets_count":44,"likes_count":361,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1163606395242946560","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1162873301426831400,"conversation_id":"1162648770141515776","created_at":1566085574000,"date":"2019-08-17","time":"23:46:14","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"Today another founder from a year ago showed up. I asked him if he had any advice for the current batch. Want to guess what it was?\n\n\"Be really lean.\"","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":21,"retweets_count":56,"likes_count":591,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1162873301426831361","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1162770320069017600,"conversation_id":"1162767084012441600","created_at":1566061022000,"date":"2019-08-17","time":"16:57:02","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"Sure.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":1,"likes_count":3,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1162770320069017600","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1162648770141515800,"conversation_id":"1162648770141515776","created_at":1566032042000,"date":"2019-08-17","time":"08:54:02","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"I was helping some startups in the current YC batch get ready for Demo Day. A founder from a year ago dropped by. I asked if he had any advice for them.\n\n\"Don't spent your money,\" he said.\n\nWill they listen? Probably not any more than they usually do. But we can hope.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":37,"retweets_count":153,"likes_count":1384,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1162648770141515776","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
