The Langlands program is a vision of the future of mathematics.
I will not be able to write anything else. I have nothing more to say.
目标不是完美,而是进步。
Money is overrated. Truly new things rarely need an abundance of money. If that was so, billionaires would have a monopoly on inventing new things, and they don’t. Instead almost all breakthroughs are made by those who lack money, because they are forced to rely on their passion, persistence and ingenuity to figure out new ways. Being poor is an advantage in innovation.