I actually worry a lot that as I get "popular" I'll be able to get away with saying stupider stuff than I would have dared say before. This sort of thing happens to a lot of people, and I would *really* like to avoid it - Paul Graham. Narrator: he didn’t avoid it.

i used to have a similar concern, seems to be anti-prophetic in its nature sorry Liz, “fire” as in retiring early? yeah re: paulie g, i'm very proud of having been blocked by him almost half a decade ago, perhaps longer -- don't mind having him as an enemy

no, FIRE as in the libertarian "academic freedom" org that somehow *always* winds up taking the side of right wingers

and yet almost never comes to the aid of Palestinians silenced on campus

Lukianoff is the founder of FIRE