Comment by momojo
4 days ago
As someone with friends in the mathematics community, they've expressed similar sentiments.
I have to wonder if this is the equivalent of teleporting back in time and finding Marco Polo or any of those early explorers who traveled for the love of the game (and fame and money), and opening up Google Maps on your phone and showing them the zoomed out world. And showing them any island or village they could name.
my analogy is that it is like an explorer being handed access to satellite imagery. and then being told that your experience will still be valuable in telling the satellite where to point and interpreting the photos. folks who got joy from traversing unknown terrain might find it distressing to become an image analyst.