Pedro Domingos quips: 1980s had lean manufacturing, 2020s have lean math
pmddomingos · x · 2026-10-25
Computer scientist Pedro Domingos, author of The Master Algorithm, jokes that if the 1980s were about lean manufacturing, the 2020s are about "lean mathematics" — a one-line jab at today's obsession with squeezing efficiency out of math and algorithms.
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