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Paul Graham@paulg

4.91M followers·Influence 86·watched since Mar 2026

Posts5

Impressions8.44M↑ 34.4%

Engagement rate1.7%↓ 0.1pt

Followers4.91M↑ 13.4K

Followers

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8.44M↑ 34.4%

spike Aug 19 · “The Tesla that…” post

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Best performing posts

last 90 days · ranked by weighted score

#1weighted 52·3.41M views

Paul Graham@paulg · Aug 12

The most common mistake in YC applications is describing the market before the user. Tell me the one person who desperately wants this. If you can't name them, the market size is zero.

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#2weighted 50·436.8K views

Paul Graham@paulg · Aug 21observed

There may not be many people left in 10 years who can write, or want to read, things longer than a page or two. But there will be at least a few of us, and we'll be a powerful club.

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#3weighted 43·228.1K views

Paul Graham@paulg · Aug 17observed

If you're a good person, you should try to date people who are good judges of character, because they have fewer options. They're prevented from dating all the various kinds of bad people, because they can see how bad they are.

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Post	Date	Views	Bookmarks	Eng rate	Weighted
#4observedHow should universities respond to the Arday scandal? Should they crack down on plagiarism and academic fraud? Ghent University's response, apparently, will be to fire the person who reported it.	Aug 20	194.4K	237	2.7%	41
#5observedThe Tesla that Jessica just bought cost $48k and has a range of about 350 miles. The one she bought in 2015 cost $135k, adjusted for inflation, and had a range of 270 miles. People who think they dislike capitalism don't know how good they have it.	Aug 19	4.21M	499	0.3%	41
#6observedThe way to win at capitalism is to focus on what it actually does (make customers' lives better) rather than the socialist caricature of it (squeeze every penny out of them). The latter gets you 2x returns at best, whereas making new things for people can get you 10x.	Aug 21	91.6K	531	3.5%	40
#7observedPreventing companies from building data centers in America wouldn't slow down the rate of progress in AI. It would merely slow down the rate of progress in AI in America.	Aug 22	112.4K	108	3.2%	39
#8observedThe trouble with having Zane Hengsperger visit your house is that instead of the usual random house gift, he brings you a 10 pound block of solid aluminum.	Aug 19	236.6K	237	1.5%	33