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https://paulgraham.com/cities.html https://paulgraham.com/distraction.html https://paulgraham.com/distraction.html Thu, 01 May 2008 00:01:00 +0000 Disconnecting Distraction — https://paulgraham.com/distraction.html https://paulgraham.com/lies.html https://paulgraham.com/lies.html Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Lies We Tell Kids — https://paulgraham.com/lies.html https://paulgraham.com/good.html https://paulgraham.com/good.html Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:02:00 +0000 Be Good — https://paulgraham.com/good.html https://paulgraham.com/googles.html https://paulgraham.com/googles.html Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:01:00 +0000 Why There Aren't More Googles — https://paulgraham.com/googles.html https://paulgraham.com/heroes.html https://paulgraham.com/heroes.html Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Some Heroes — https://paulgraham.com/heroes.html https://paulgraham.com/disagree.html https://paulgraham.com/disagree.html Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:02:00 +0000 How to Disagree — https://paulgraham.com/disagree.html https://paulgraham.com/boss.html https://paulgraham.com/boss.html Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:01:00 +0000 You Weren't Meant to Have a Boss — https://paulgraham.com/boss.html https://paulgraham.com/ycombinator.html https://paulgraham.com/ycombinator.html Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 A New Venture Animal — https://paulgraham.com/ycombinator.html https://paulgraham.com/trolls.html https://paulgraham.com/trolls.html Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:01:00 +0000 Trolls — https://paulgraham.com/trolls.html https://paulgraham.com/newthings.html https://paulgraham.com/newthings.html Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Six Principles for Making New Things — https://paulgraham.com/newthings.html https://paulgraham.com/startuphubs.html https://paulgraham.com/startuphubs.html Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:01:00 +0000 Why to Move to a Startup Hub — https://paulgraham.com/startuphubs.html https://paulgraham.com/webstartups.html https://paulgraham.com/webstartups.html Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000 The Future of Web Startups — https://paulgraham.com/webstartups.html https://paulgraham.com/philosophy.html https://paulgraham.com/philosophy.html Sat, 01 Sep 2007 00:01:00 +0000 How to Do Philosophy — https://paulgraham.com/philosophy.html https://paulgraham.com/colleges.html https://paulgraham.com/colleges.html Sat, 01 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0000 News from the Front — https://paulgraham.com/colleges.html https://paulgraham.com/die.html https://paulgraham.com/die.html Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:01:00 +0000 How Not to Die — https://paulgraham.com/die.html https://paulgraham.com/head.html https://paulgraham.com/head.html Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Holding a Program in One's Head — https://paulgraham.com/head.html https://paulgraham.com/stuff.html https://paulgraham.com/stuff.html Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:01:00 +0000 Stuff — https://paulgraham.com/stuff.html https://paulgraham.com/equity.html https://paulgraham.com/equity.html Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0000 The Equity Equation — https://paulgraham.com/equity.html 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https://paulgraham.com/lwba.html https://paulgraham.com/lwba.html Sun, 01 Apr 2001 00:00:00 +0000 Lisp for Web-Based Applications — https://paulgraham.com/lwba.html https://sep.turbifycdn.com/ty/cdn/paulgraham/acl1.txt https://sep.turbifycdn.com/ty/cdn/paulgraham/acl1.txt Sun, 01 Jan 1995 00:01:00 +0000 Chapter 1 of Ansi Common Lisp — https://sep.turbifycdn.com/ty/cdn/paulgraham/acl1.txt https://sep.turbifycdn.com/ty/cdn/paulgraham/acl2.txt https://sep.turbifycdn.com/ty/cdn/paulgraham/acl2.txt Sun, 01 Jan 1995 00:00:00 +0000 Chapter 2 of Ansi Common Lisp — https://sep.turbifycdn.com/ty/cdn/paulgraham/acl2.txt https://paulgraham.com/progbot.html https://paulgraham.com/progbot.html Fri, 01 Jan 1993 00:00:00 +0000 Programming Bottom-Up — https://paulgraham.com/progbot.html https://paulgraham.com/prop62.html https://paulgraham.com/prop62.html Tue, 01 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 This Year We Can End the Death Penalty in California — https://paulgraham.com/prop62.html