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June Huh, High School Dropout, Wins the Fields Medal | Quanta Magazine (2022)www.quantamagazine.org/june-huh-high-school-dropout-wins-the-fields-medal-20220705/

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93 sats \ 4 replies \ @gmd 8 May

what a fascinating individual. so smart but can barely function in real life. i’m always amazed at people with such high iq that choose to spend their lives solving riddles 99% of the population can’t understand instead of making millions in AI or finance etc. their kids will probably be super geniuses.

63 sats \ 3 replies \ @south_korea_ln 8 May

This is a top-notch Quanta Magazine piece, very entertaining and inspiring read.

i’m always amazed at people with such high iq that choose to spend their lives solving riddles 99% of the population can’t understand instead of making millions in AI or finance etc.

Yeah. I consider finance (Wallstreet, etc) to be a net negative to society, and they suck up many big brains. It's good that not everyone has that strong urge for big money.

73 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 8 May

A colleague of mine asks a very insightful question about the different types of jobs:

"Do you create value or do you just move it around?"

42 sats \ 0 replies \ @south_korea_ln 8 May

That's pretty spot on.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @south_korea_ln 8 May

Also, what a supportive wife 😁 This kind of geniuses come with a manual...