Life is Short
BlogPaul GrahamJun 14, 2016
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PG's shortest, most-quoted essay. Bullshit takes a fixed amount of time. Life is short. Therefore: identify bullshit, eliminate it. Don't get stuck in low-priority interruptions, low-stakes social niceties, low-value meetings. Optimize ruthlessly for what matters.
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!Image 1: Life is ShortJanuary 2016 Life is short, as everyone knows. When I was a kid I used to wonder about this. Is life actually short, or are we really complaining about its finiteness? Would we be just as likely to feel life was short if we lived 10 times as long? Since there didn't seem any…
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