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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 5 Jul 2020

    One of the kids' friends came over, and they did nothing except play video games, watch TV, and eat junk food. But I'm going to teach him about something formidably intellectual when I drive him home, so his parents will continue to think we're a good influence.

    8:11 AM - 5 Jul 2020
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    • kevin, shepherd of curiosity David Marc Smith Nikki Juhee Lee George Urdea TheApartOne Knut Urdalen Ben Landis Avin Sadamate Ken
    88 replies 77 retweets 2,518 likes
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      2. Simar‏ @hellosimar 5 Jul 2020
        Replying to @paulg

        Hope his parents aren't on Twitter

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      3. Mark Kwong‏ @M3kw9 6 Jul 2020
        Replying to @hellosimar @paulg

        Just because he say it here doesn’t mean is fake

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      1. Akash Kadyan‏ @akashkadyan 5 Jul 2020
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        Academia killed the polymath

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      1. Rishabh Arora‏ @rishoutloud 5 Jul 2020
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        Curious to know how it goes...

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      1. Muneeb Peeran‏ @MuneebPeeran 5 Jul 2020
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        video games aint that bad. :)

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      1. Peter Daniels‏ @petersmine1 5 Jul 2020
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        He sure will grow to be grateful for this lessons some day.

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      1. Jerseyan‏ @JerseyanUSA 5 Jul 2020
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        It only takes the smallest amount of formidable, to transform a kid, such as a way of looking at things, a frame

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      1. cg31‏ @ccgg31 5 Jul 2020
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        I guess... you teached him how to write "hello world" in Lisp

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      2. heatdeathx‏ @heatdeathx 5 Jul 2020
        Replying to @woward3 @paulg

        "don't worry if you don't know Lisp, let me tell you about Arc instead..."

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