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9 Aug 2023 Conversations with Tyler Paul Graham on Ambition, Art, and Evaluating Talent
“Because I was studying Florentine history, all the buildings are right around you, and I found myself thinking, “Damn, Florence was New York City [laughs] in 1450.”
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- Paul Graham
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- 9 Aug 2023
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…We’ll get to that, but Florence was all about talent selection because how many people in quite a small area became both great and famous? One thing I remember — there was one moment I was sitting in Florence, and I realized I had gone to the wrong place. Because I was studying Florentine history, all the buildings are right around you, and I found myself thinking, “Damn, Florence was New York City [laughs] in 1450. ” That was 60,000 people, yes.…
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