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Clarification: I'm not saying that no 30 year old can offer sage advice. I don't think Altman is on the same level as Kirkegaard here. As others have pointed out, the list is not terribly revolutionary.

It simply struck me as odd that this (not particularly revelatory list) could be passed off as worthy of note. What, other than his work with YC, makes Sam's musings worthy of our time?

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> What, other than his work with YC, makes Sam's musings worthy of our time?

Nothing, really. Not to take anything away from Sam Altman, but if he were still the CEO of Loopt, I don't think his every blog post would go to #1 on HN.

But, that's part of the deal here. YC-related stuff gets voted up.

There's nothing wrong with the list.

It's not like the earlier pg essays that literally changed the ways I think about a lot of things.

It's just a list of largely common platitudes. Nothing wrong with that in itself, though. Many of them are worth reiterating from time to time.

> There's nothing wrong with the list.

Pretty high bar you have for lists there!

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