Thank you for sharing, that was one of the most insightful long form pieces I've read in a long time! And the writing was enjoyable to read even as a math layperson.

I was going to say you should submit it but I saw you did a few days ago but it only got a few votes... If Dang sees this IMO it would be extremely deserving of the second chance pool as I wouldn't be surprised to see easily jump to the front page with a different roll of the dice.

> The measure of our success is whether what we do enables people to understand and think more clearly and effectively about mathematics.

I just wanted to highlight this very correct human-centric thought about the purpose of intellection.

wow, that was indeed a brilliant essay. i particularly liked the framing that "solving a big conjecture was a cryptographic proof that you had come up with a genuine conceptual innovation".