Why smart people chasing "meta-meta-meta problems" end up solving nothing
JRIngallinera · x · 2026-09-25
On X, bzogrammer observes that many smart people want to solve meta-meta-meta-problems because it seems like the highest-leverage, great-man thing to do — but they end up solving nothing, because what they chase never connects to anything with any substance. The remark sparked discussion about the trap of grandiose abstraction versus substantive work.
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