The idea that we will make a society where literally everybody is graded, the good at the top, bad at the bottom, exactly done as it should be, is impossible. There are simply too many random factors: accidents, accidents of birth, accidents of things dropping on people's heads, illnesses, etc. We will never get to grade them, never get to grade people as they should.
I'm not a businessman, I'm a business, man.
The study of Shimura varieties bridges the gap between arithmetic geometry and automorphic forms.
Silence is the language of the oppressed.
The more uncertain and insecure I feel, the more I cling to the idea of painting.