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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 14 Apr 2016

    Progress comes from "decentralized trial-and-error processes more than from grand schemes launched by planners."http://goo.gl/B7SCqm 

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      1. Patrick Lui‏ @LuiPlui 14 Apr 2016
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        @paulg Great article!

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      1. Ryan Siepka‏ @RyanSiepka 14 Apr 2016
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        @paulg it's a shame most colleges only preach Keynesian economics in their halls while dismissing the Austrian school as lunatics.

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      1. Henrik Warne‏ @henrikwarne 14 Apr 2016
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        @paulg Also agrees with principles from Antifragile by @nntaleb My take on Antifragility and SW development:https://henrikwarne.com/2014/06/08/antifragility-and-software-development/ …

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      1. Rakesh Shah, MD‏ @DrRakeshShahMD 14 Apr 2016
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        @paulg agree

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      1. Bohdan Andriyiv‏ @Drabiv 14 Apr 2016
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        @paulg totally agree, – "Competition is a discovery procedure."

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      1. uscalumni1‏ @uscalumni1 27 Apr 2016
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        @paulg emergence theory. anti fragile. agile development. foolproof. all tie together @pmarca

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      1. UX.pragmatist‏ @ClayNichols 19 Apr 2016
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        @paulg imagine what govt could do in funding projects with clear Expensive Signal success metrics, ala The X Prize.

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      1.  🦉 Wisdomination  🦉‏ @Supreme_Owl_FTW 18 Apr 2016
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        @paulg Never ceases to amaze me how half of America acknowledges this in nature, other half in economics, but few in both.

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      1. Mandar Kagade‏ @MandarKagade 16 Apr 2016
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        @paulg @Gaurav1105 Libertarian erotica

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      1. Abhijit Sharma‏ @abhijitysharma 15 Apr 2016
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        @paulg therefore, Lisp.

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      2. Daksh Pasbola‏ @dakshp 15 Apr 2016
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        @paulg 1/2 The lessons of evolution are applicable everywhere - biology is a template for all management lessons

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      3. Daksh Pasbola‏ @dakshp 15 Apr 2016
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        @paulg 2/2 Create a "fail fast" type mantra & there will be a chapter in biology with thousands of years of data already speaking of it

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      1. Ethan Perlstein‏ @eperlste 14 Apr 2016
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        @paulg @paultoo natural selection!

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      1. Patrick Lui‏ @LuiPlui 14 Apr 2016
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        @paulg Great quote! I would hope HK startup ecosystem planners - ITB (Innovation & Tech Bureau) will find that out one day! Lol!

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      1. Not interesting [no ETF]‏ @SupermoonPics 14 Apr 2016
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        @paulg I enjoyed this the first time, when @nntaleb covered it.

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      1. Ecquire‏ @ecquire 14 Apr 2016
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        @paulg surprised you haven't read #antifragile yet.

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      1. Brandon Wilson‏ @brandonwilson 14 Apr 2016
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        @paulg Prob qualifies as false dichotomy. Deep thinking has its place. Path dependence is real, trial/error often an excuse for unthinking.

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      1. Postgenetic‏ @Postgenetic 14 Apr 2016
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        @paulg Verily, complexity blows up planning. Model after complex systems: Variation, Interaction, Selection, Repeat.

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      1. Charles R. Smith 🔹‏ @softwarnet 14 Apr 2016
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        @paulg Nothing is so good as an experiment which, whilst it sets an error right, gives us an absolute advancement in knowledge - Faraday

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