[yohoho22]

It's seems to be meant as a supplement to the author's much longer piece "A Fight to Fix Geometry’s Foundations"[1] that was published the same day.

That article links to this one in a sidebar.

1: https://www.quantamagazine.org/20170209-the-fight-to-fix-sym...

[acqq]

That article is a very interesting read, thanks!