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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 16 Nov 2015

    Why are books on US history always so thick?

    4:36 PM - 16 Nov 2015
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      1. Meng Lu‏ @MengLuTw 16 Nov 2015
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        @paulg All details are fresh.

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      2. Right Whig‏ @RightWhig 16 Nov 2015
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        @paulg Check out ones by @RBrookhiser -- expertly written and, yes, thin.

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      3. Richard Brookhiser‏ @RBrookhiser 16 Nov 2015
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        @RightWhig @paulg I try to load every rift with ore.

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      1. michelle‏ @salutemichelle 16 Nov 2015
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        @paulg Books about venture deals are thicker. :) I.e., 273 pages: http://amzn.to/1NXK4sf 

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      1. Visakan Veerasamy‏ @visakanv 17 Nov 2015
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        @paulg hypothesis: because the authors have peers who are quick and eager to criticize them for omissions and/or lack of nuance

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      1. Kingsley Edwards  👑‏ @krhedwards 17 Nov 2015
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        @paulg you should check out The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History by @ThomasEWoods only 270 pages

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      1. Fernando Dal Re‏ @fdalre 17 Nov 2015
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        @paulg books are nice, but why isn't history taught like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJtUQjJC4a0 … That's an idea for YC ;)

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      1. Graham Klyne‏ @gklyne 17 Nov 2015
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        @paulg Because it's all so recent that more of it is known?

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      1. Ethan Fletcher‏ @ethanfletcher 16 Nov 2015
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        @paulg just one damn thing after another...

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      1. Jose Villalobos  🤖‏ @josevillalobos 16 Nov 2015
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        @paulg give them some time ;-)

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      1. uptownjimmy‏ @uptownjimmy1 16 Nov 2015
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        @paulg Because so much awesome?

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      1. Stan Samuel PhD‏ @CuriousSultan 16 Nov 2015
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        @paulg colorful embellishments by protagonists + loquaciousness by historians

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      1. SBoichenko‏ @SBoichenko 16 Nov 2015
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        @paulg probably they are printed in McDonald's

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      1. Tarik Haiga‏ @ABTarik 16 Nov 2015
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        @paulg @BankXIII So many things to lie about

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      1. Aman‏ @mngrwl 16 Nov 2015
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        @paulg They don't talk about the individual history of each native tribe that lived a thousand years before the books began

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      1. Richard L Burton III‏ @rburton 16 Nov 2015
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        @paulg it's not easy twisting history.

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      1. Jeff Rodenburg‏ @jroseattle 16 Nov 2015
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        @paulg are you referring to the books, or the content? ;-)

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      1. Eric Dorsey‏ @edorsey 16 Nov 2015
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        @paulg at least partially because they are designed by committee

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      2. Bjoern Michaelsen‏ @Sweet5hark 16 Nov 2015
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        @paulg Because it has more of 200 years of interdependencies. That happened only only a few times anywhere w/o a major reboot in between.

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      3. Stefan Wirth‏ @NafetsWirth 16 Nov 2015
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        @Sweet5hark @paulg thank god that you are not talking of a legacy code base

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