orph(@orph_):besides the cancer analogy, Tao's Math 2.0 slides are quite clear-headed & illustrate a path forward Math 1.0 operated under the assumption of "proof scarcity", and most institutions and incentives were designed around this Math 2.0, under proof abundance, has to expand the research frontier & decenter problem solving in favor of deeper human understanding, experimentation, and new principles and syntheses of research. "The primary bottleneck to achieving “Math 2.0” is not technology, or even institutional culture. It is imagination."

2026.10.11 13:39

besides the cancer analogy, Tao's Math 2.0 slides are quite clear-headed & illustrate a path forward Math 1.0 operated under the assumption of "proof scarcity", and most institutions and incentives were designed around this Math 2.0, under proof abundance, has to expand the research frontier & decenter problem solving in favor of deeper human understanding, experimentation, and new principles and syntheses of research. "The primary bottleneck to achieving “Math 2.0” is not technology, or even institutional culture. It is imagination."