Paul Graham's 'no complete set of tools' quote read as a restatement of Russell's paradox
aminkarbasi · x · 2026-10-06
Paul Graham quoted Trevor Blackwell: "There's no such thing as a complete set of tools." @aminkarbasi argues this echoes Russell's paradox — the barber paradox formulation where a barber shaving only men who don't shave themselves leads to self-referential contradiction — suggesting the aphorism is a popular restatement of that set-theoretic paradox.
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