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Also, Larry was 23 when PageRank was first published - that's not much older than "barely out of high school", even if we have to be so literal about everything :)

"not much". at that age it's material! who I was at 18 and who I was at 23 is way different than the difference between 35 and 40

As long as Paul Graham doesn't tell the truth that most if not all school kids won't ever make the next Google, then I'm okay with influencers (like Paul Graham, for instance) lying about the possibility of enormous opportunities being available to people.

I think high schoolers are smart enough to know that he's not literally saying "do this and you'll start the next Google".

Yes. I was reinforcing your point. Not even the example he uses is directly applicable to the audience. Just out of highschool and 6 years in one of the most rigorous CS programs are very different.