[tikkun]

> it should significantly enhance the human civilization in one or multiple domains (so things like rendering Mandelbrot set infinitely faster does not cut it IMO

I feel compelled to note that "greatness cannot be planned" [1] and often things that significant enhance human civilization didn't seem like that at first.

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKazBM3b74I

[qlk1123]

Thanks for sharing.

This presentation is pretty inspiring to me, but at the same time there is just no obvious way to leverage the claim. How can any management allow subordinates to do things without any objectives to justify?

Generally I buy the reasoning, but maybe that's just I cannot identify any fundamental flaws now.

[goksankobe]

Ah man, I knew someone was gonna point to Kenneth Stanley here:)