“The idea that every hacker is an artist and every artist is a hacker isn’t groundbreaking — recent gallery and museum shows have focused on the link between art and coding — but a new book by programmer Paul Graham gives the concept a fresh twist by advising hackers to improve their skills by borrowing creative techniques from other artists… Graham slams the artistic conceit that all art is good and taste is purely subjective, pointing out that if you aren’t willing to say that some creations aren’t beautiful then you’ll never develop the aesthetic muscles necessary to define and develop good work.”