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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 12 Sep 2017

    "It is never worth a first-class man's time to express a majority opinion. By definition, there are plenty of others to do that." – Hardy

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      2. oderau‏ @oderau 12 Sep 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        Do you think one can extend the analogy for first-class entrepreneurs & solving widely felt but widely addressed problems?

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 13 Sep 2017
        Replying to @oderau

        There might be some analogy there. Not sure what though.

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      2. deniscollison‏ @deniscollison 12 Sep 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        Are you reading "A Mathematician's Apology" too? Wasn't his denial (1940!) of "utility" in his AND in Einstein's work, quaintly premature!

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 13 Sep 2017
        Replying to @deniscollison

        I am, but slowly. I haven't got to those parts.

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      1. Bob McElrath‏ @BobMcElrath 12 Sep 2017
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        Then again, there are people who fake knowledge (in the minds of others) by just being contrarian all the time.

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      1. Robert Brewer‏ @aminusfu 12 Sep 2017
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        People will not follow you if all you ever do is express minority opinions. You will be ostracized. Speak truth whether majority or not.

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      1. Bruno Jahn‏ @foxyforecaster 12 Sep 2017
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        Hence the smart professional crackpot, uh, I'm sorry, meta-contrarian.

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      2. Justin Label‏ @justinlabel 12 Sep 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        What if I only got a complimentary upgrade to first class? Do I still qualify? 🙄

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      3. Concorde Cheaps‏ @concordecheaps 12 Sep 2017
        Replying to @justinlabel

        Awh yeah! We love when that happens. Find more cheap first class seats with Concorde:https://concorde.io 

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      4. Justin Label‏ @justinlabel 12 Sep 2017
        Replying to @concordecheaps

        Dear Sir/Madam: Your automated marketing campaign is awful. It damages your brand and is value destroying. Best regards, Justin Label

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      1. Soushiant Zanganehpour‏ @soushiant 13 Sep 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        Probably the most elitist and pompous thing I've read today/this week/this month on the internet 🤦🏻‍♂️

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      1. Varun Adibhatla‏ @vr00n 12 Sep 2017
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        3L33T15M

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      1. Brian Green ♻️‏ @B_Green94 12 Sep 2017
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        Good luck becoming President with that mentality

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      1. Jared Moore‏ @MooreJared0 12 Sep 2017
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        This is powerful af. Sounds like something Robert Green would say

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      1. HashCash‏ @_hashcash 12 Sep 2017
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        Also, majority opinion is wrong ~ 100% of the time.

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      1. __anoop‏ @__anoop 12 Sep 2017
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        By that logic no famous man should opine on abhorrent behavior by governments, drug cartels and so on simply because its majority expressed?

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      1. A-dam Nightmare 💀 😨 🙀 🎃‏ @AdamRMurray 12 Sep 2017
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        Makes sense

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      1. Jordi Ramot‏ @ramot 12 Sep 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        Excluding politicians

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      2. Eric‏ @2ez28u 12 Sep 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        U may get that one all wrong most people do, when a man of exception express a common thing well that common things become exceptionalpic.twitter.com/crlOg92Vrc

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      3. Eric‏ @2ez28u 12 Sep 2017
        Replying to @2ez28u @paulg

        And that first class man like u call them 🤣could bring the common things 2 a whole other level. Then he shows he is first class 🤣pic.twitter.com/b5gsCkT9DP

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