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9 Aug 2023 Conversations with Tyler Paul Graham on Ambition, Art, and Evaluating Talent
“Classic YC office hours were to walk down the block and talk as you walk, which also has the side benefit that you are side-by-side, and not looking the other person in the face, which I think may be better.”
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- Paul Graham
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- 9 Aug 2023
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…With someone else, and I’m talking with them, and I learn from them better. I don’t find that I’m very generative when I’m walking. Walking makes all kinds of thinking better. I’ve seen images — like MRI images or something like that — of brain activity. I don’t know how they do MRI images, [laughs] but some kind of images of brain activity. Your brain is definitely more active when you’re walking. Classic YC office hours were to walk down the block and talk as you walk, which also has the side benefit that you are side-by-side, and not looking the other person in the face, which I think may be better. It’s certainly better than — It’s less threatening. It’s like confession in the church. You don’t see the priest. Or you’re on a therapist’s couch — probably you’re not looking right at them, and vice versa.…
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