Ask PG: How would you update your essay 'Beating The Averages' for today?

One comment from that essay which seems to throw some light on pg's current MO: "A startup should give its competitors as little information as possible."<p>Is YC a startup? Arc is probably not a startup.

Link: <a href="http://www.paulgraham.com/avg.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.paulgraham.com/avg.html</a><p>Posted April 2001, and revised April 2003.