>Paul Graham should be ashamed for providing such bad advice. I am sorry, but this article comes off as lordly pseudo-academia from someone who may be a decent investor but is surely not a good writer. I have been reading things from Paul Graham for years and while the subjects sometimes are not bad, he is a terrible writer. I can respect certain things about Graham, but his writing and desire to abuse his position to spout nonsense is not one of them. Please stick to investing hoards of cash and stop planting dangerous seeds in your younger audience members in particular.
This is very harsh. How is he abusing his position? You are taking this literally. If we are reading the same essay, Mr. Graham is not asking people to slip to lower standards, relax their language skills, etc. But rather write like they "sound". This sort of writing style will all come down to the kind of audience being catered to.
This is very harsh. How is he abusing his position? You are taking this literally. If we are reading the same essay, Mr. Graham is not asking people to slip to lower standards, relax their language skills, etc. But rather write like they "sound". This sort of writing style will all come down to the kind of audience being catered to.