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    1. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 21 May 2019

      People in the grip of an ideology become so determined to defend it that they can see almost any statement as contradicting it, just as an aggressive teenage boy can see almost any act as a challenge. "What are you looking at?"

      21 replies 55 retweets 351 likes
    2. Crypto Andolini‏ @CryptoAndolini 21 May 2019
      Replying to @paulg

      As an avid reader of your posts/essays, it would be really interesting to know how you may have also fallen victim to this.

      1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
    3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 21 May 2019
      Replying to @CryptoAndolini

      If you mean victim in the sense of being in the grip of an ideology, I'm pretty strict with myself about that. You can't be a good investor and also be the sort of person who stays wedded to ideas despite evidence to the contrary.

      2 replies 0 retweets 13 likes
    4. Crypto Andolini‏ @CryptoAndolini 21 May 2019
      Replying to @paulg

      Fair enough. Taking a step back, I think that maybe what I’m desiring is a first person account of some of the internal human conflicts you so often eloquently speak to.

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    5. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 21 May 2019
      Replying to @CryptoAndolini

      Can you give me an example of the sort of conflict you mean?

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    6. Crypto Andolini‏ @CryptoAndolini 21 May 2019
      Replying to @paulg

      Sure! I’m imagining you reflecting on earlier times, when you might have found yourself wrestling with your own set of ideological blind spots...perhaps as you were transitioning from being a capable engineer to a noob investor.

      2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
    7. Crypto Andolini‏ @CryptoAndolini 21 May 2019
      Replying to @CryptoAndolini @paulg

      Or how you might go about resisting the urge to turn being a good investor into an ideology in its own right. Unless the two are mutually exclusive.

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      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 21 May 2019
      Replying to @CryptoAndolini

      Fortunately doing several different types of work provides a kind of immunity against that. The writer and hacker mes would rebel if the investor me tried to take over.

      1:34 PM - 21 May 2019
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        2. Crypto Andolini‏ @CryptoAndolini 21 May 2019
          Replying to @paulg

          Ah, this is very interesting. Working across a set of seemingly different disciplines helps to guard against the pull of confirmation bias (and rejection of disconfirming points of view).

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        3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 21 May 2019
          Replying to @CryptoAndolini

          Even working in two protects against the illusion that one could be universal.

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