a) wonder why @newyorker is tweeting an article from July 2016.
b) the 'Seinfeld' paragraph is way off, but in an interesting way... 1/
The key point is that no one -- certainly no education bureaucrat -- knows better than a great artist how to devise fruitful constraints.
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Mathematics and society gain the most when great mathematicians pursue their art as they see fit. For, strangely, beautiful math is useful.
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Another nice thought contradicted by history. Myths like this interfere with sound policy and social responsibility.
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