What Is The Best Way To Survive High-school

If you compared high-school to someone's day job, you'd realize that the workload is pretty easy, it's not really demanding on your time, and you might even be able to do other things while doing your school work.

"If you have to be in prison, at least learn to be a good chess player." - PG.

EconTalk Archives, 2009 · Graham on Start-ups, Innovation, and Creativity · at 57:51 · September 2nd, 2019 ·Transcript

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Who Is Paul Graham at 0:42 Transcript
What Is Y Combinator at 1:00 Transcript
How Successful Was Y Combinator Aiming To Become at 2:35 Transcript
Why Was Y Combinator Successful At Funding An Unusually Large Number Of Startups at 3:21 Transcript
How Does Y Combinator Use Software To Screen Applicants at 5:03 Transcript
What Happens At A Y Combinator Interview at 6:24 Transcript
How Successful Was The Very First Batch Of Y Combinator at 7:55 Transcript
Why Are We Seeing Growing Number Of Startups at 11:20 Transcript
Why Do Angels Make Better Early Investors Than Venture Capitalists at 16:27 Transcript
When Should You Launch Your Startup at 22:21 Transcript
Who Should Be Startup's Early Users at 23:19 Transcript
When Does Y Combinator End at 26:22 Transcript
Did The Recession Have Any Impact On The Y Combinator Deal Flow at 29:49 Transcript
What Are The Similarities Between Hackers And Painters at 41:16 Transcript
In Which Ways Should Founders Be More Like Artists at 42:50 Transcript
What Makes For A Great Hacker at 45:30 Transcript
What Is One Problem That Every Hacker Struggles With at 48:50 Transcript
What Was Paul Graham's View On Facebook And Twitter In 2009 at 52:23 Transcript
What Is The Best Economic Policy For The United States at 56:03 Transcript
What Is The Best Way To Survive High-school at 57:51 Transcript