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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 27 Jul 2014

    There are lots of ideas that don't yet have names.

    4:53 PM - 27 Jul 2014
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      2. Pumpkins ponies & podcasts‏ @glenatron 27 Jul 2014
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        @paulg Name one.

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 27 Jul 2014
        Replying to @glenatron

        @glenatron The opposite of hapless was one. http://www.paulgraham.com/relres.html 

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      4. Pumpkins ponies & podcasts‏ @glenatron 27 Jul 2014
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        @paulg you didn't really name it though, you just described it :p Theoretically it should be "hapful" but that doesn't sound very dynamic.

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      1. Kent Pitman‏ @KentPitman 27 Jul 2014
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        Of necessity, no? Ideas are born ephemeral. We name what we expect to persist. RT @paulg: There are lots of ideas that don't yet have names.

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      1. Nolan  🚀 👉 ❤ :/‏ @sneakin 29 Jul 2014
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        @paulg and lots of names for dead ideas.

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      1. max‏ @damiermax 28 Jul 2014
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        “@paulg: There are lots of ideas that don't yet have names.”

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      2. FP Servant‏ @hyperfp 28 Jul 2014
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        @paulg @fkleedorfer you have an idea, give it a URI

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      3. Florian Kleedorfer‏ @fkleedorfer 28 Jul 2014
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        @hyperfp @paulg yes - give it a URI, publish it on the Web of Needs, and connect with like-minded people or related ideas

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      1. Michael Lang‏ @mwlang88 27 Jul 2014
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        @paulg Yeah, I think that's called the "eureka moment" :-)

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      1. Rish‏ @Rish_says 27 Jul 2014
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        @paulg n one of the ideas is to cut world commute time. not just by better navigation, but by removing the need altogether

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      1. Bereket Bellay‏ @bktbellay 27 Jul 2014
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        @paulg lot of them in places nobody cares to look...

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      1. Mark McKenzie‏ @mackynacky 27 Jul 2014
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        @paulg @kenschafer so true. Ideas more than names.

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      1. Gaith‏ @gaithline 27 Jul 2014
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        @paulg again thank for supporting the truth thank u for supporting gaza

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      1. Luis X. Barrios‏ @lxbp 27 Jul 2014
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        “@paulg: There are lots of ideas that don't yet have names.” --- in México as well....

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      1. Alex Lopes‏ @IamAlexLopes 27 Jul 2014
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        @paulg and a lot of market problems that don't yet have ideas

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      1. Brian‏ @brianontheweb 27 Jul 2014
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        @paulg you know, i feel this way. i spend a lot of time thinking about what is coming. I remind myself this is just the beginning.

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      1. Britt Kim‏ @okayplanet 27 Jul 2014
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        @paulg imagine if you had synesthesia.

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      1. Jake Lybbert‏ @lybberty 27 Jul 2014
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        Very few of them new RT @paulg: There are lots of ideas that don't yet have names.

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