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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 29 Nov 2014

    Mean People Fail: http://paulgraham.com/mean.html 

    6:14 AM - 29 Nov 2014
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      2. David Aron Levine‏ @davealevine 29 Nov 2014
        Replying to @paulg

        Secular truth. Good wins over time. Rt: @paulg: Mean People Fail: http://paulgraham.com/mean.html 

        3 replies 2 retweets 7 likes
      3. elizabeth stark‏ @starkness 29 Nov 2014
        Replying to @davealevine

        @davealevine @paulg But what does "mean" even mean? Having no empathy? Manipulating? Treating people badly? You know it when you see it?

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      4. David Aron Levine‏ @davealevine 29 Nov 2014
        Replying to @starkness

        @starkness @paulg yes and: unkindness. Could even go all Kantian and say "mean is treating as means." But as you said: we can tell.

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      6. elizabeth stark‏ @starkness 29 Nov 2014
        Replying to @charlesjo

        @charlesjo @davealevine @paulg Sure, but "asshole" usually refers to men.

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      8. Karim Marquette‏ @MasterMarquette 29 Nov 2014
        Replying to @charlesjo

        @charlesjo @starkness @davealevine @paulg um.. my experience mean has little to do with gender.

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      1. Daniel Clough‏ @daniel_clough 29 Nov 2014
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg I think 'Another reason mean founders lose is that they can't get the best people to work for them.' is really key.

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      2. Matthew Herper‏Verified account @matthewherper 30 Nov 2014
        Replying to @paulg

        I'd be curious to hear people's thoughts on the idea that mean people fail at startups. RT @paulg Mean People Fail: http://paulgraham.com/mean.html 

        7 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
      3. Ben Davies MD (UroLuddite)‏ @daviesbj 30 Nov 2014
        Replying to @matthewherper

        @matthewherper @paulg i didn't see a single piece of data to support the hypothesis. But I don't think much of the google founders and...

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Laura Strong‏ @scientre 30 Nov 2014
        Replying to @daviesbj

        @daviesbj @paulg @MatthewHerper Of course, I'm biased as Give & Take spoke to my world view...

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      5. Matthew Herper‏Verified account @matthewherper 30 Nov 2014
        Replying to @scientre

        @scientre @daviesbj @paulg I'm sympathetic to the idea that niceness helps, but skeptical that mean people don't frequently win.

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Laura Strong‏ @scientre 30 Nov 2014
        Replying to @matthewherper

        .@matthewherper @paulg @daviesbj More overall distribution rather than complete exclusion.

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      7. Matthew Herper‏Verified account @matthewherper 30 Nov 2014
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        @scientre @paulg @daviesbj Possibly. I still think the right kind of meanness makes people successful.

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      8. Ben Davies MD (UroLuddite)‏ @daviesbj 30 Nov 2014
        Replying to @matthewherper

        @matthewherper @scientre @paulg depends on your def. of what mean is. Is it mean to be demanding, shrill, dogmatic. Or is that good for biz

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      9. David Sable‏ @dbsable 30 Nov 2014
        Replying to @daviesbj

        @daviesbj @matthewherper @scientre @paulg Mean: being a bully. Making people look bad and feel bad just because you can & can get away w it.

        2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      1. Chetan Chawla‏ @ChetanChawla 29 Nov 2014
        Replying to @paulg

        Karma. "#Startups don't win by attacking. They win by transcending." RT @paulg: Mean People Fail: http://paulgraham.com/mean.html 

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      1. Brady Swenson ⚡‏ @bswen 29 Nov 2014
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        .@paulg: Increasingly games that matter are not zero-sum. You win not by fighting, but by having new ideas and building new things. #startup

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      2. Jane Friedman‏Verified account @JaneFriedman 29 Nov 2014
        Replying to @paulg

        Being mean prevents success by @paulg - I really want this to be true, but is it? http://paulgraham.com/mean.html 

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