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by j-bos 7 days ago
The foundations of a great our mathematics came from landed gentry who enjoyed the work and were not paid for it. Today we prosper in our technologies and algorithms (not talking about recsystems) because of them. If math should once again become the pusuit of the curious and free but with even greater "skills", that does not seem to be an issue for math, or for those of us who benefit from math. An issue for people as a concept and for mathemeticians, yes. But that's a separate topic, like the anguish of not getting into the Premier league.