Alex RussellYes, yes, everyone's posting this...but if you haven't read it yet, add my recommendation to all the others:
https://davekarpf.substack.com/p/paul-graham-and-the-cult-of-the-founder
Nick@slightlyoff I think Daniel Davies’ two posts on that essay — built from his recent focus on management cybernetics — are also worth a read. They’re more generous to Graham while not being especially generous. Post one:
https://backofmind.substack.com/p/the-general-theory-of-founders-managers
@slightlyoff Post two, to which I responded elsewhere “[ pats self on head ] this bad boy can hold an entire company” (and you should absolutely read “The Unaccountability Machine” because that’s the direction you and our broad cohort have been heading these past years):
https://backofmind.substack.com/p/i-am-a-mode-you-are-a-syndrome