What if academia let 10,000 mathematicians coordinate to solve one problem together?
j_foerst · x · 2026-09-09
A thought-provoking one-liner: imagine if academia were structured to allow 10,000 mathematicians to coordinate on solving a single problem together — implicitly pointing out that modern research lacks mechanisms for large-scale collaborative problem solving.
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