Paul Graham personal blog
Schlep Blindness
January 2012 There are great startup ideas lying around unexploited right under our noses. One reason we don't see them is a phenomenon I call schlep blindness . Schlep was originally a Yiddish word but has passed into general use in the US. It means a tedious, unpleasant task. No one likes schleps, but hackers…
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 2012 | Schlep Blindness by anateus | 604 | 181 |
| Feb 3, 2022 | Schlep Blindness (2012) by enigmatic02 | 53 | 14 |
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Linked from 87 Hacker News comments by 73 different people, from Jan 2012 to Oct 2026.
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