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Absolutely agree. It feels like we made no progress in any field. Physics has been meddling with a fake field called string theory. Academia has sucked the soul out of mathematics and everything else. Where’s the future of space travel and wonder materials.

Fields medalist girl is sporting $900 glasses $3000 bracelet $350 ring and $900 jacket And it's nothing outrageous- it's a damn good price/aura ratio. She is doing intelligent pareto-looksmaxxing. Which is the reason why her face is all over the timeline. If she was ugly nobody would give a shit about her- just like nobody gives a shit about all the other Fields medalists. I teach all my 13+ yo students to care about pareto-looksmaxxing. Frontier-looksmaxxing is only necessary if you want to become an actress or sth. Not worth it.

18 to 38% of elite athletes have depression, and have a risk of depression 2x the rate of the general population. So, like, maybe exercise isn't a panacea

breakfast as an academic failure

Mathematicians who’s incentive for doing math was not purely curious interest and validation but benefiting the world at scale with meaningful abstractions will thrive over the next decade.

A new alternative dating app to Grindr called Goose launches today. Founded by Derek Chadwick, the platform is a non-hookup focused app centered on “dating, making friends & community.”