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Paulo Coelho
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Paulo Coelho's personal blog at paulocoelhoblog.com covers culture and philosophy. Since 2010, 37 different Hacker News readers have linked it 38 times, most often “The Fisherman and the Businessman (2015)”. The last post was in 2024, but the archive is still widely read.
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Most-linked posts?
- The Fisherman and the Businessman (2015)7 people · 7 mentions · first linked 2020-07-06
- /2010/09/08/the-fisherman-and-the-businessman/4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2013-03-07
- /2015/09/04/the-fisherman-and-the-businessman/3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2017-08-31
- Paulo Coelho advertises on Pirate Bay front page 2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-01-28
- Paulo Coelho on S.O.P.A.: unite and pirate everything I’ve ever written2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-01-21
- Pirate Coelho (2008)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-09-24
- /2019/03/30/001/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-07-21
- The Piratebay promotes Paul Coelho2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-01-19
What Hacker News says?
There was once a businessman who was sitting by the beach in a small Brazilian village. As he sat, he saw a Brazilian fisherman rowing a small boat towards the shore having caught quite few big fish. The businessman was impressed and asked the fisherman, “How long does it take you to catch so many fish?” The fisherman replied, “Oh, just a short while.” “Then why don’t you stay longer at sea and catch even more?” The…
Comment linking /2010/09/08/the-fisherman-and-the-businessman/
on “I'm Leaving Mojang”Submitted Paulo Coelho advertises on Pirate Bay front page as a story · 193 points
HN discussionThey do? I don't remember hating my bike when I was a kid, and I had the cheap kind. I also don't remember it being too heavy or anything. Of course if I wanted to ride my bike, I had to lift the heavy wooden garage door up (elementary-school-age). Kids that I volunteer with all seem weak and have issues that I never had. There's a parable about helping a butterfly out of a cocoon: https://paulocoelhoblog.com/2007/1…
Comment linking /2007/12/10/the-lesson-of-the-butterfly/
on “A $1k Wheelchair”Submitted Lessons from Einstein as a story · 51 points
HN discussionIt just makes me think of the story of the fisherman: https://paulocoelhoblog.com/2015/09/04/the-fisherman-and-the... Your replies seem to indicate that he should spend his time doing "productive" things instead; that would be more "optimal". I guess I'm tired of this race-to-the-bottom mentality where we spend so much time "optimizing" our productivity that we optimize the joy out of life. Productivity is a good th…
Comment linking /2015/09/04/the-fisherman-and-the-businessman/
on “1:60 scale Boeing 777 made from manila folders”Submitted Pirate Coelho as a story · 28 points
HN discussionNothing new... https://paulocoelhoblog.com/2008/02/03/pirate-coelho/ https://torrentfreak.com/alchemist-author-pirates-own-books-... In short Coelho pirate his own books for free. Sales was 0 in the beginning, then 10k, next year 100k, next year 1m.
Comment linking /2008/02/03/pirate-coelho/
on “I gave away my books and sales increased”Submitted Pirate Coelho (2008) as a story · 22 points
HN discussionObligatory: http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2010/09/08/the-fisherman-and-the-... Happiness is different things for different people. Don't be condescending if you do not understand another person's way of life.
Comment linking /2010/09/08/the-fisherman-and-the-businessman/
on “Kalzumeus Software Year in Review 2014”Submitted Paulo Coelho on S.O.P.A.: unite and pirate everything I’ve ever written as a story · 13 points
HN discussion> What other method is there to get ahead as an individual other than out-competing your peers? There's a parable about this, about a fisherman and a businessman. https://paulocoelhoblog.com/2015/09/04/the-fisherman-and-the...
Comment linking /2015/09/04/the-fisherman-and-the-businessman/
on “Overwork contributes to 745k premature deaths per year”Submitted Killing our dreams as a story · 3 points
HN discussionAuthor Paolo Coelho operated a blog called Pirate Coelho where he published torrents to all his books. He still does this because it makes him rich. For example, in Russia nobody bought his books, sales were up to 15 000 books in two years. So he leaked the russian translations via BitTorrent. Soon, he saw that people started talking about them. Some time later, he saw the sales increasing. A lot. In one year sales…
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on “Piracy - You can't have your cake and eat it”Submitted The Fisherman and the Businessman (2015) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionIt's true, some people have to dragged into the future. When shopping carts first came about, stores had to hire people to go around the store demonstrating the benefit of using a shopping cart. At the same time, if you've not read the fisherman and the businessman (1 minute read), the ending is relevant to your discussion. http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2015/09/04/the-fisherman-and-the-...
Comment linking /2015/09/04/the-fisherman-and-the-businessman/
on “The life and death of a startup”Submitted The Fisherman and the Businessman as a story · 2 points
HN discussionBrings to mind "The fisherman and the businessman" http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2015/09/04/the-fisherman-and-the-...
Comment linking /2015/09/04/the-fisherman-and-the-businessman/
on “Show HN: Find recommendations from good people”Submitted My experience in an asylum as a story · 2 points
HN discussionRelevant fisherman story: http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2010/09/08/the-fisherman-and-the-...
Comment linking /2010/09/08/the-fisherman-and-the-businessman/
on “Salary Negotiations: What is Possible When There's no More Money”Submitted Blog by Paulo Coehlo: The power of the words as a story · 2 points
HN discussionReminds me of the fishermen story, actually. - http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2015/09/04/the-fisherman-and-the-...
Comment linking /2015/09/04/the-fisherman-and-the-businessman/
on “Don’t Quit When It Gets Hard”Submitted Love is only a word as a story · 2 points
HN discussionFrom Paulo Coelho's blog: ( http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2012/01/20/welcome-to-pirate-my-b... ) "...Nowadays, I run a ‘Pirate Coelho’ website, giving links to any books of mine that are available on P2P sites. And my sales continue to grow — nearly 140 million copies world wide..." Chapeau and a great lesson how to do things: One other way: We should stop accepting the labeling of sites with termini that create negati…
Comment linking /2012/01/20/welcome-to-pirate-my-books/
on “Paulo Coelho advertises on Pirate Bay front page ”Submitted The Piratebay promotes Paul Coelho as a story · 2 points
HN discussionWell, Paulo Coelho pirated his own books to increase revenue. So I would guess that 1,000,000 pirates could mean significantly more than $0. "the physical sales of my books are growing since my readers post them in P2P sites." http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2012/01/28/promo-bay/
Comment linking /2012/01/28/promo-bay/
on “Louis CK inspires Jim Gaffigan to sell comedy special for $5 online”Submitted The Story of the Pencil as a story · 1 points
HN discussionActually this happens in other country and Coehlo make free version of his own books: https://paulocoelhoblog.com/2008/02/03/pirate-coelho/
Comment linking /2008/02/03/pirate-coelho/
on “Ask HN: We found a cracked version of our software on the web, now what?”Submitted Pirate Coelho as a story · 1 points
HN discussionhttp://paulocoelhoblog.com/2016/04/13/who-deleted-the-song-i... This one is from this year :)
Comment linking /2016/04/13/who-deleted-the-song-in-my-profile/
on “Pirate Coelho (2008)”Submitted Convention for those wounded in love — Paulo Coelho's Blog as a story · 1 points
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