| Related. Others? Bill Thurston's answer to “What's a mathematician to do?” (2010) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23461983 - June 2020 (21 comments) Bill Thurston answers: What's a mathematician to do? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15578866 - Oct 2017 (25 comments) What's a Mathematician to do? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8265509 - Sept 2014 (44 comments) Bill Thurston's answer to "What's a mathematician to do?" - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4419859 - Aug 2012 (1 comment) Edit: bonus relateds: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43345503 (March 2025) It's not mathematics that you need to contribute to (2010) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36744690 - July 2023 (65 comments) Knots to Narnia – Bill Thurston (1992) [video] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34426275 - Jan 2023 (8 comments) On Proof and Progress in Mathematics (1994) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31960487 - July 2022 (1 comment) On Proof and Progress in Mathematics (1994) [pdf] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12280139 - Aug 2016 (8 comments) Bill Thurston has died - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4419566 - Aug 2012 (18 comments) On Proof And Progress In Mathematics (1994) [pdf] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2582730 - May 2011 (1 comment) On proof and progress in mathematics (1994) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=982335 - Dec 2009 (5 comments) |