Paul Graham on Twitter: "How many distinct things can you do in a day? 40? So making 40 people do something, however small = taking a day of someone's time."

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1. Logan Waters Bush‏ @IntegralDevices 18 Sep 2014
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  @paulg Nice round number... 40 million in California
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1. Alex Morse‏ @AlexMorse 18 Sep 2014
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  @paulg would love some context on that one.
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1. Roopesh Shenoy‏ @sqlhorror 18 Sep 2014
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  @paulg So conversely, helping 40 people avoid doing something, however small = giving back a day of someone's time!
  
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1. Logan Waters Bush‏ @IntegralDevices 18 Sep 2014
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  @paulg Ellen Could Make A Lot Of People Do Stuff
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1. Topias Uotila‏ @THUotila 18 Sep 2014
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  Airport security, EULAs, working time reporting, password management, pull based work queues, checking email,... @paulg
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1. Joshua Lindsay‏ @jlindsay 18 Sep 2014
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  @paulg many hands make light work
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1. Colin Percival‏ @cperciva 18 Sep 2014
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  @paulg Conversely, if you save ten million people 5 minutes each, you've just saved a life.
  
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1. Uttiyo Bhattacharya‏ @uttiyo 18 Sep 2014
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  @paulg you really are evolving.
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1. Miquel‏ @miquelh 18 Sep 2014
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  @paulg don't think so. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month …
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1. Romeu Moura‏ @malk_zameth 19 Sep 2014
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  @paulg list the 40 things and let the 40 people self-organize then?
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