[PRL] New Paul Graham essay

Johan Ovlinger johan at ccs.neu.edu
Wed Jan 26 12:45:42 EST 2005


Eli Barzilay wrote:
> the same self-illusion americans have (which is so often pushed by
> (badly designed) movies) that *everybody* here is a non-conformist

This dates back to 33 BC (around tea time).

There's a crowd being spoken to by a bearded man:

man: "You're all different!"

crowd: "Yes, we're all different!"

lone dissenting voice: "I'm not!"




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