Paul Graham: Revisit fundamentals to maintain a feel for the edge of what's possible in AI
AccBalanced · x · 2026-08-24
Paul Graham shares advice for 40-year-olds: despite capital and experience, return to fundamentals and get hands dirty. While knowledge decays fast, the 'feel for the edge of what's possible' does not depreciate and cannot be outsourced.
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