Paul Graham on Ambition, Art, and Evaluating Talent | Conversations with Tyler
Tyler and Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham sat down at his home in the English countryside to discuss what areas of talent judgment his co-founder and wife Jessica Livingston is better at, whether young founders have gotten rarer, whether he still takes a dim view of solo founders, how to 2x ambition in the developed world, on the minute past which a Y Combinator interviewer is unlikely to change their mind, what YC learned after rejecting companies, how he got over his fear of flying, Florentine history, why almost all good artists are underrated, what's gone wrong in art, why new homes and neighborhoods are ugly, why he wants to visit the Dark Ages, why he's optimistic about Britain and San Fransisco, the challenges of regulating AI, whether we're underinvesting in high-cost interruption activities, walking, soundproofing, fame, and more.
Transcript and links: conversationswithtyler.com/ep...
Recorded July 15th, 2023.
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PG has such a great vibe
Tyler sounds like that one guy from NPR
@matej.m.rejsek8537
5 ай бұрын
After listening to 5-6 interviews I've quit, because he acts like he desperately wants to prove to every interviewee that he knows more than they do and I find that really irritating. The format is also unfortunate in that there is no time to let the guest delve into the deeper questions that they actually find interesting.
@LukeI
5 ай бұрын
@@matej.m.rejsek8537 hey :)))
@danwroy
4 ай бұрын
@@matej.m.rejsek8537I'm more of a Tyler skeptic than most and I see nothing wrong with his approach. He challenges his guests and forces quality answers by demonstrating he knows something about them, no big deal.
This guy is too aggressive with his questions. The style of interviewing doesn't allow the guest to explore topics deeply. It feels rushed. Also, it's annoying that the host constantly interrupts to ask follow-up questions before the guest is done talking. There are some high quality questions from the host though, thanks for the upload. Hope you can change the interview style
@michaelyeiser1565
2 ай бұрын
He has a long track record, the people he interviews know this and can check it, there are many thousands of podcasters who would love to interview Graham (I would become a podcaster to interview him), he still gets top guests, ergo his guests probably disagree with you. And their opinions matter more.
Terrible interviewer.