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Hackers & Painters

Paul Graham

Paul Graham connects software making, design, startups, wealth, and dissent across fifteen essays on how builders think, work, and challenge conventional choices.

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15 parts, about 28 minutes to read.

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Author
Paul Graham
Parts
15 parts
Reading time
about 28 minutes
The whole book
Also to read in full

What the summary covers

  1. Why Nerds Are Unpopular2 min
  2. Hackers and Painters2 min
  3. What You Can't Say2 min
  4. Good Bad Attitude2 min
  5. The Other Road Ahead2 min
  6. How to Make Wealth2 min
  7. Mind the Gap2 min
  8. A Plan for Spam1 min
  9. Taste for Makers2 min
  10. Programming Languages Explained2 min
  11. The Hundred Year Language2 min
  12. Beating the Averages2 min
  13. Revenge of the Nerds2 min
  14. The Dream Language2 min
  15. Design and Research1 min

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