Comment by adastra22

10 hours ago

Mathematics isn't art. It doesn't gain its value in human affairs from being interesting to study. I fail to see why we should cater to that.

Importantly, which mathematicians will understand deep useful math? Who will actually care about the knowledge we can generate at will?

Yes, open source isn't art either, yet my point is that the same principle applies to both

There are many ways to stop progress and productivity