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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 30 Dec 2014

    A lot of discoveries take the form of realizing you don't need something you unconsciously assumed you did.

    12:46 PM - 30 Dec 2014
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      1. Ryan Petersen‏Verified account @typesfast 11 Jan 2015
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        @paulg "perfection is attained, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing more to take away" - Antoine de St Exupery

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      2. Tommy Siedlaczek‏ @tommysiedlaczek 30 Dec 2014
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        @paulg what's an example? In 2006 I unconsciously assumed I needed a flash drive but what I really needed was dropbox..?

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      3. Someone familiar with the matter‏ @oprosper 30 Dec 2014
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        @_tomeee @paulg Another is thinking you need to bring 95% of the best developers to the US when you really need tools to hire them remotely

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      1. Nolan  🚀 👉 ❤ :/‏ @sneakin 30 Dec 2014
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        @paulg like pants?

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      1. Jamie Thompson‏ @Jamie_Thompson 11 Jan 2015
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        “@paulg: A lot of discoveries take the form of realizing you don't need something you unconsciously assumed you did.”

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      1. Debo Olaosebikan‏ @dolaoseb 1 Jan 2015
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        @paulg Very true. You might like this Murray Gell-mann talk at Google about this.http://youtu.be/KXoHXc0ErBI 

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      1. Will Whitney‏ @wfwhitney 30 Dec 2014
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        @paulg Phone plan on your smartphone.

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      2. Lev Walkin‏ @levwalkin 30 Dec 2014
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        @paulg like happiness

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      3. niquola‏ @niquola 30 Dec 2014
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        @levwalkin @paulg like nirvāṇa

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      1. Cristobal Viedma‏ @viedma 30 Dec 2014
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        @paulg true. Eg ether and the special relativity.

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      1. Pierre Vannier‏ @pierre_vannier 30 Dec 2014
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        @paulg willing to go sadhu ? 😄

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      1. curious.IO‏ @curiousIO 30 Dec 2014
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        @paulg Also when you realize you need something that you subconsciously thought you didn't.

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