alt Hacker NewsExactly! I have some many colleagues who typically say that they do "math for the beauty" while holding permanent research positions funded by the state.
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Arodex • today at 5:47 PM
Progress is made by these people - including progress you rely on heavily as a programmer, such as cryptography. Not by the industry.
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That seems OK to me. I'd rather live in a state that funds beauty than one that doesn't. Think grants for artists, etc. A strictly practical world is not a good world to live in.