“There’s nothing more idiotic than slogging away at a job that earns you lots of money but brings you no joy—especially if you’re investing that money in items rather than experiences.”
- Rolf Dobelli
Photo dump from the long weekend at Varkala.
i’m genuinely struggling to understand how we’ve reached a point where people are upset about previously unsolved mathematical problems potentially being solved.
we’ve spent centuries trying to understand the universe.
now we’re finally building systems that might let us explore parts of mathematics no human has ever been able to reach, and suddenly we’re supposed to question whether this research should’ve happened?
scrutinize the proofs. question the methodology. demand independent verification. absolutely.
but the idea that scientific discovery somehow needs permission from the people who traditionally worked in that field is fucking absurd.
mathematics belongs to humanity.
and i want us to discover as much of it as we possibly can.
i’m genuinely struggling to understand how we’ve reached a point where people are upset about previously unsolved mathematical problems potentially being solved.
we’ve spent centuries trying to understand the universe.
now we’re finally building systems that might let us explore parts of mathematics no human has ever been able to reach, and suddenly we’re supposed to question whether this research should’ve happened?
scrutinize the proofs. question the methodology. demand independent verification. absolutely.
but the idea that scientific discovery somehow needs permission from the people who traditionally worked in that field is fucking absurd.
mathematics belongs to humanity.
and i want us to discover as much of it as we possibly can.
POV: You graduate, move to Bangalore at 22yo with $500. Startup $10m ARR businesses. Endure Betrayals, Chase Success, Fall in love. Stay 15 years and never learn Kannada.