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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 26 Oct 2014

    My 5 yo son just independently discovered counterfeiting and is very disappointed it won't work.

    2:53 PM - 26 Oct 2014
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      2. John Collison‏ @collision 26 Oct 2014
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg well not with that attitude it won't

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      3. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 26 Oct 2014
        Replying to @collision

        @collision @paulg He could found a new cryptocurrency. Same economics, less illegal. Assuming he doesn't Emperor's New Clothes the idea.

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      4. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 27 Oct 2014
        Replying to @patio11

        @patio11 @collision If I mentioned that idea, it would become the Nile perch in the Lake Victoria of his ambitions.

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      1. Dan McArdle‏ @robustus 26 Oct 2014
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        @paulg Sounds like he might appreciate a bitcoin miner.

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      1. Bert “xistence” Regeer‏ @bertjwregeer 26 Oct 2014
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        @paulg Get him started early enough, technology is always improving ;-)

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      1. The Great Zone‏ @thegreatzone 26 Oct 2014
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        @paulg It's a rite of passage we all must suffer....alas.

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      1. Monce C. Abraham‏ @MonceAbraham 26 Oct 2014
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        @paulg The wound is the place where light enters you - Rumi :/

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      1. Árni Hermann‏ @arnihermann 26 Oct 2014
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        @paulg kids are amazing

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      1. Árni Hermann‏ @arnihermann 26 Oct 2014
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        @paulg also, tonight my 5yo suggested we mail people money, wait for them to mail us back more money and then we get rich

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      1. Árni Hermann‏ @arnihermann 26 Oct 2014
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        @paulg same goes for my 5yo just the other day

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      1. Mark Stansbury‏ @markstansbury 26 Oct 2014
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        @paulg thus begins a history of good ideas already being discovered and defeated by others.

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      1. Sam Selikoff‏ @samselikoff 26 Oct 2014
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        @paulg unless he gets hired by the Fed!

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      1. Ben Cohen‏ @Bcohen93 26 Oct 2014
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        “@paulg: My 5 yo son just independently discovered counterfeiting and is very disappointed it won't work.”I remember this day

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      1. Anthony Reyes‏ @AnthonyCReyes 26 Oct 2014
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        @paulg Failing quickly in order to learn fast is at the heart of many innovative businesses. I wonder what your son's next plan is!! :p

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      1. Bradley D Moore‏ @Bradley_Moore 26 Oct 2014
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        @paulg that's the 1st step in knowing you can make your own money instead of being paid for a job

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      1. Josh Hudson‏ @nosduhhsoj 26 Oct 2014
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        @paulg Ha! Give him 35 years and he'll be running Goldman or Morgan 😋

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      1. Mind's Forge‏ @mindsforge 26 Oct 2014
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        @paulg counterfeiting bitcoin wont work

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      1. Andrew Eckford‏ @andreweckford 26 Oct 2014
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        @paulg Like the time I told my dad about my idea for a perpetual motion machine. (I think I was 8. He's an engineer. It didn't go well.)

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      1. jneves‏ @jneves 26 Oct 2014
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        @paulg time to buy him a mint's pad (see Wozniak)?

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      1. Michael Wiik‏ @mwiik 26 Oct 2014
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        @paulg Are you sure? Starting that early, if he keeps at it he could become an expert.

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