I love hearing people in the last discuss problems that are solved today! Like the argument about paying for copies of digital content. The answer that every company (books, music, software) has found is just implementing a subscription model and requiring a sign in to access software, or some type of internet connection at least. That way, people rather just pay the subscription and get regular updates to their apps, music, new books, and UI QOL updates as opposed to pirating older versions of the software or music. I feel like listening to the types of problems that people have discussed in the past and how those problems were solved could key us into what sorts of reasoning we need to solve the problems of today.
a brilliant talk for those who are interested in this sort of thing. nature abhors a vacuum, this is what causes the ummms, the brain wants to fill that space, nearly everyone does this. it takes a lot of conscious effort to overcome this. content is king
I think what makes Paul an effective speaker is that he modify and adapt his speech as he go to fit the current situation. That would be active thinking and even pausing to process and adjust. If that means using umm and long breaks, so be it. The emotion and the thinking are what made the speech highly effective.
5:55 find the tiny thing that turns into the big idea eventually, with enough patience and iteration 30:48 to get to something big, start by building something small you know will work. Then move westward
He's a really good speaker despite the um's. Perhaps youtube should have a editor that automatically filters out all um's. Anyway, he has earned the status to be able to say um as many times as he wants. It's interesting how 'um' is when you gather thoughts and 'om' is when you ignore them. And if you're a german physicist you might hear 'ohm'. And if you watch too much TV you hear 'uh-oh Spaghetti-Os'
” You know what you should do … " " The funny thing is … " Discovery not heralded with "Eureka!" but ”Now that's odd …” George Gilder ; information is nonrandom surprise
His "uhm-thing" and your "uhm-thing" are both things, and I think there's plenty of room in the world for people with things...while we enjoy his FREE content at our convenience.
The crazy thing is that non of the big ideas came more than 50% true. 1. We still have google 2. We still use gmail for work 3. We still go to universities. Worse than failing to replace undergrad education, we did not even replace master's degree which should be much easier 4. Hollywood still exists, though many of the job has been replaced by Netflix or RUclips 5. Phones are still our main computing platform, and Apple is still the best provider (though by a march smaller margin) 6. The cpu were still slow, but GPU are getting faster. 7. I don't know enough about compiler optimization to comment on that The real changes that took place were: 1. mobile apps 2. Recommendation systems (tiktok) 3. AI So, maybe if you want to beat google, take advantage of the next trend instead of old technologies.
Everybody who speaks publicly has little idiosyncrasies. I would challenge anybody to point to their fave speaker and tell me they could provide an exception, because there isn't one. PG even has his own little catchphrases, like "I worry, I worry." It's really not a big deal.
He may not be Steve Jobs, but he would just nhave to be better than samsung and HP and Motorola. These are the ways that Uhm we are constantly thinking about men in the startup, entrepreneureal, and leadership roles.
37:09 "Ok, ummmm, my question is like, ummm I'm 12 years old and I'm smarter than you, because you're totally wrong, about the university thing." -Me, just LOL at her. So funny.
Wild ideas -> How about replacing computers and the internet with a MMO like operating system with many users? For something less ambitious, how about an alternate internet where you can see people at websites in real time, like you see their cursor and where they are looking and you can talk to them -> Structured editing and view layers for all languages(Lisp) that let you use whatever syntax you want for whatever language, but make it easy to make homoiconic macros. It should also be bundled with IDEs so that people can actually use it... -> Editing code with a postfix(Forth) mode or an extended command mode that lets you write "write-only" code that is easy to see the in-between values, however, with a key press your write-only code will be mapped into readable code. Basically there should be many ways of writing code, but only a few ways of structuring readable code. -> Lip-reading + stenotype(chord) keyboard - It will use your lips supplemented with one hand on the keyboard for disambiguation, while the other hand can be on the mouse. -> How about having two mice, but the mice have chorded keyboards not buttons on them that can let you type anything? You then control your computer using gestures, typing, and chords. -> Face tracking software - it can be mapped digital characters, but also can let you click by looking at stuff (sort of like eye-trackers), and using your chorded keyboard + winks, head tilts, and moving face muscles -> How about special CPUs with hash-table lookups being a single instruction to make Smalltalk, Python, JavaScript faster and compilers are also faster with this -> Lens 3D printers that can print themselves, if you make them out of sahara-dessert sand that is melted to form silica, if you can get the temperature hot enough and enough alignment you could make a silica magnifying glass which can be used to melt more sand-glass and concentrate energy; if 3D printers could be made out of ice / Mars permafrost you could build mirrors that melt more ice to build more ice printers until they grow exponentially to terraform Mars... -> A video sharing website that lets you see 8k video content, but tracks the fovea so that you don't waste bandwidth -> Now that we have 4k monitors, how about changing IDEs so that you have small ruby characters over identifiers which can be test-values (so you can see the flow of values if you hold CTRL), types (if you hold SHIFT), history of variables (if you hold ALT), source code if you hold ALT+SHIFT (but maybe for more space it would draw an arrow pointing to the source code in the unused white space in your program source) -> Someone was teaching 5 year olds to program Haskell by turning functions into puzzle-pieces where the grooves in the pieces represented the types. Since pictures are worth a 1000 words, why not create a picture language using hopf genes from living things whos DNA represents many different things about functions like its dependent type & history (figured out by a static and JIT compiler), and place the identifier name only as small ruby text above its "creature-body" that way we can cram more information into a single space.
I cool with p graham. But, that joke or somehow the hallucination of ipad replacing Windows? no, iPad and tablets have outlived their relevance on the product market.
I need an app to remove the ER'UUM`s from this video (and maybe others) Paul says all the way through,,, How can he be such a bad speaker? Almost unwatchable! - Good content though, I remember reading the blog post for this 2years ago when it was first published, so it's interesting to see most of these ideas haven't really happened...
I could listen to Paul Graham all day, despite the ummms.
hahaha same
Umm
Damn.. was hoping it would drop off as he went..
Like
I started noticing the umms after seeing this comment, you cursed me
Best drinking game ever:
1.Get a bottle of tequila.
2.Do a shot each time Paul says 'Uhmmmmm'
3.Enjoy the massive hangover.
haha
unfortuantely. I got GPT to summarize it for me.
I love hearing people in the last discuss problems that are solved today! Like the argument about paying for copies of digital content. The answer that every company (books, music, software) has found is just implementing a subscription model and requiring a sign in to access software, or some type of internet connection at least. That way, people rather just pay the subscription and get regular updates to their apps, music, new books, and UI QOL updates as opposed to pirating older versions of the software or music.
I feel like listening to the types of problems that people have discussed in the past and how those problems were solved could key us into what sorts of reasoning we need to solve the problems of today.
I've read most of his essays and leared a lot. He also mailed me once while i was in elementary school. This guy is too awesome.
Tim Cook has exceeded all expectations. Paul Graham is always awesome. A decade later I'm watching it, still relevant. Wow
I love watching his talks, even older ones like this still carry great advice that is timeless
That was the amazing Paul Gra'humm' at work!!
The fact that he's such a frighteningly clear, incisive writer makes the fact that he's a breathless, nervous speaker all the more endearing.
underrated comment
Lucky you guys. Got to listen to him in person. The couple is endearing. 💗
a brilliant talk for those who are interested in this sort of thing.
nature abhors a vacuum, this is what causes the ummms, the brain wants to fill that space, nearly everyone does this. it takes a lot of conscious effort to overcome this.
content is king
I think what makes Paul an effective speaker is that he modify and adapt his speech as he go to fit the current situation. That would be active thinking and even pausing to process and adjust. If that means using umm and long breaks, so be it. The emotion and the thinking are what made the speech highly effective.
It's a deliberate [?] filter - If you don't have the attention span or ability to listen thru trivial annoyances such as 'uuuuum..', you #FAIL.
uuummmm
Paul Grahumm
This man just predicted Superhuman, Netflix, and people only care about UHMS.
Netflix had already existed, he even mentioned it
It almost sounds like he says "um" intentionally.
After watching his interviews with mark,i can confirm so as yes.
I bet he does, cz I've watched quite a few of his videos 😂
😂😂😂😂
That was great keynote, uhmmm
great talk. his "record labels are like people from the moon" analogy is hilarious, the "what is property is what is practical" thing is spot on.
5:55 find the tiny thing that turns into the big idea eventually, with enough patience and iteration
30:48 to get to something big, start by building something small you know will work. Then move westward
So in a way he predicted ChatGPT replacing Google, Slack replacing email, Netflix replacing Hollywood... Etc
Also chatgpt optimizing single-core code to multi-core code, not there yet with copilot but with perfect prompt it can do that 95% correctly.
36:00 PG was incredibly right about this. The business mode for music monetizing became Ad and subscription models, instead of pay per copy.
I wanna hear everything that goes in Paul's mind.
Not only his essays are very good,but hes speak is very good too.
He's a really good speaker despite the um's. Perhaps youtube should have a editor that automatically filters out all um's. Anyway, he has earned the status to be able to say um as many times as he wants.
It's interesting how 'um' is when you gather thoughts and 'om' is when you ignore them. And if you're a german physicist you might hear 'ohm'. And if you watch too much TV you hear 'uh-oh Spaghetti-Os'
Superhuman got the email part right for sure !
the compiler part is classic
Could you give me the exact time?
Paul Graham made lots of great points. Thanks for posting the video.
22:20 Not totally, but Spark now does abstract many of the complexities of parallel and distributed programming.
This is one guy and the another one is Dave McLure. Literally inspiring !
Everytime PG says 'huhmm', have a tequila shot
” You know what you should do … "
" The funny thing is … "
Discovery not heralded with "Eureka!" but ”Now that's odd …”
George Gilder ; information is nonrandom surprise
I love this guy.
Oh boy has this aged well...
this aged so well!
His "uhm-thing" and your "uhm-thing" are both things, and I think there's plenty of room in the world for people with things...while we enjoy his FREE content at our convenience.
The crazy thing is that non of the big ideas came more than 50% true.
1. We still have google
2. We still use gmail for work
3. We still go to universities. Worse than failing to replace undergrad education, we did not even replace master's degree which should be much easier
4. Hollywood still exists, though many of the job has been replaced by Netflix or RUclips
5. Phones are still our main computing platform, and Apple is still the best provider (though by a march smaller margin)
6. The cpu were still slow, but GPU are getting faster.
7. I don't know enough about compiler optimization to comment on that
The real changes that took place were:
1. mobile apps
2. Recommendation systems (tiktok)
3. AI
So, maybe if you want to beat google, take advantage of the next trend instead of old technologies.
Holy shit. He is an oracle.
""I'm not a very good speaker. I say "um" a lot."
That's non-zero wait states for you. ;-)
Love Paul Graham!!
Funny how now, what is driving the new startups are AI, blockchain, and AR/VR and maybe iot
The way to reform higher education is the remove federal monopoly on accreditation. The way to reform public education is with parent choice vouchers.
uhhmm
Just how many times is Graham humming???!
Wow. How did you predict all these PG?
it's harder to listen to now that the top comment has pointed it out.. it's actually really hard to listen to now.
The hacker news article said 224 times.
@39:11 Funny story: after hearing that answer, the girl who asked the question went on to found Grindr.
Can someone explain the Augustus reference?
@19:37 What does he mean by Augustus??
ruclips.net/video/IoJZGtIAwyM/видео.html
Here's a great start up idea: an applications that will seek out and destroy random "hums" and other assorted verbal ticks in a given video.
6:30 that search engine is Phind
randomly forwarding the video with seeker and every time it starts with ummmm
this talk feels a lot like Elon Musk talking about where to work to take the world further but just so much more in depth
45:40 can we make the argument that Pebble? the $10m kickstarter project is that next startup? or has potential to be?
Always a pleasure
Fantastic essayist and writer, less than fantastic speaker. Still brilliant.
Google has been getting into the social network. Look how Google+ turned out.
I'm guessing the guy asking the copyright question is not a python developer.
why aren't people axing startup questions??
Everybody who speaks publicly has little idiosyncrasies. I would challenge anybody to point to their fave speaker and tell me they could provide an exception, because there isn't one. PG even has his own little catchphrases, like "I worry, I worry." It's really not a big deal.
Oh my god. Didn't notice the uhmmms until I read the comments
which is the movie he recommend in minute 02:43?
Beign john malkovich
why he does uhh uhmm? just curious
I'm applying to Y-combinator with an idea that I can solve Paul's 'ummm' problem. Could easily be a billion-dollar company.
I'd give that person a medal who can edit all the hummms and upload the video again 😁
Huuuuummmm, Aaaaaahhhh, Huuuuuummmmmmm
11:20 that's it, we know Paul G is the man. We have superhuman.com today.
And it's the dumbest product ever. Every startup idea paul mentioned was stupid and will never take off
@@jeyg4561 why do you say that?
He may not be Steve Jobs, but he would just nhave to be better than samsung and HP and Motorola. These are the ways that Uhm we are constantly thinking about men in the startup, entrepreneureal, and leadership roles.
Interesting none of the comments here from guys -or gals possibly- seem to have picked it up.
The uhhmm completely distract me from listening to what he saying. I but still like his sarcasms.
Funniest man on the planet with his uhhhhhhmss
Someone said Paul Grahum
Grahummm...
This ummm thing is driving me crazy.
u will get used to it. Then u will learn so much
Still relevant....
Yay for the cranky old man who fielded the first question after the talk. Who says that RUclips can't have drama with predictable characters? ;-)
37:09 "Ok, ummmm, my question is like, ummm I'm 12 years old and I'm smarter than you, because you're totally wrong, about the university thing." -Me, just LOL at her. So funny.
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The "huuums" are annoying, but the idea content is worth the pain of listening.
the humming is FOR THE LULZ!!!!!!
need an AI to remove his Hummm here please, i just can't watch this.
HUMMMMMM!
Wild ideas
-> How about replacing computers and the internet with a MMO like operating system with many users? For something less ambitious, how about an alternate internet where you can see people at websites in real time, like you see their cursor and where they are looking and you can talk to them
-> Structured editing and view layers for all languages(Lisp) that let you use whatever syntax you want for whatever language, but make it easy to make homoiconic macros. It should also be bundled with IDEs so that people can actually use it...
-> Editing code with a postfix(Forth) mode or an extended command mode that lets you write "write-only" code that is easy to see the in-between values, however, with a key press your write-only code will be mapped into readable code. Basically there should be many ways of writing code, but only a few ways of structuring readable code.
-> Lip-reading + stenotype(chord) keyboard - It will use your lips supplemented with one hand on the keyboard for disambiguation, while the other hand can be on the mouse.
-> How about having two mice, but the mice have chorded keyboards not buttons on them that can let you type anything? You then control your computer using gestures, typing, and chords.
-> Face tracking software - it can be mapped digital characters, but also can let you click by looking at stuff (sort of like eye-trackers), and using your chorded keyboard + winks, head tilts, and moving face muscles
-> How about special CPUs with hash-table lookups being a single instruction to make Smalltalk, Python, JavaScript faster and compilers are also faster with this
-> Lens 3D printers that can print themselves, if you make them out of sahara-dessert sand that is melted to form silica, if you can get the temperature hot enough and enough alignment you could make a silica magnifying glass which can be used to melt more sand-glass and concentrate energy; if 3D printers could be made out of ice / Mars permafrost you could build mirrors that melt more ice to build more ice printers until they grow exponentially to terraform Mars...
-> A video sharing website that lets you see 8k video content, but tracks the fovea so that you don't waste bandwidth
-> Now that we have 4k monitors, how about changing IDEs so that you have small ruby characters over identifiers which can be test-values (so you can see the flow of values if you hold CTRL), types (if you hold SHIFT), history of variables (if you hold ALT), source code if you hold ALT+SHIFT (but maybe for more space it would draw an arrow pointing to the source code in the unused white space in your program source)
-> Someone was teaching 5 year olds to program Haskell by turning functions into puzzle-pieces where the grooves in the pieces represented the types. Since pictures are worth a 1000 words, why not create a picture language using hopf genes from living things whos DNA represents many different things about functions like its dependent type & history (figured out by a static and JIT compiler), and place the identifier name only as small ruby text above its "creature-body" that way we can cram more information into a single space.
good boy
Holy shit, postmodernism as valid area of research? Sit down... this is a hacker convention.
I cool with p graham. But, that joke or somehow the hallucination of ipad replacing Windows? no, iPad and tablets have outlived their relevance on the product market.
girl at 38 completely missed the point
umm... ummm... ummm...
Um
This is why I like his readings more; no ums.
um
Why does he moan?
Man that first guy from the question section was annoying.
@doctorale84 It's more of a moan, isn't it?
I say "um" a lot
Humm...
I think the author of the Harry Potter books would disagree with Paul.
Great talk, but, uhmmmm...
um,um....
After each sentence : uhhhhmmm
Wtf
Elon Musk has arguably surpassed Steve Jobs, or is, at the very least, in the process of surpassing.
But extremely well predicted that people are now "used to following someone"
huummm
I need an app to remove the ER'UUM`s from this video (and maybe others) Paul says all the way through,,,
How can he be such a bad speaker? Almost unwatchable! - Good content though, I remember reading the blog post for this 2years ago when it was first published, so it's interesting to see most of these ideas haven't really happened...
This did not age well