I've been reading the author's book, Mathematica, and it's awesome. The title of this post doesn't do it justice.
He shows that math skill is almost more like a sports talent than it is knowledge talent. He claims this based on the way people have to learn how to manipulate different math objects in their heads, whether treating them as rotated shapes, slot machines, or origami. It's like an imagination sport.
Also, he inspired me to relearn a lot of fundamental math on MathAcademy.com which has been super fun and stressful. I feel like I have the tetris effect but with polynomials now.
I'm a fullstack web developer from Stanford who's looking to work at a fast growing company, preferably in AI but any company with interesting problems to solve will excite me.
I live in the part of Arlington that this article talks about the most and it's so fascinating to learn about the history of how the area got developed. It really does feel like the county has nailed the the development of Ballston and Clarendon. The only thing I'd complain about is parking. Street parking has costed me over a thousand dollars lol (my car got shot by a bb gun and insurance didn't pay so that's mostly why, but otherwise it feels super safe here)
He shows that math skill is almost more like a sports talent than it is knowledge talent. He claims this based on the way people have to learn how to manipulate different math objects in their heads, whether treating them as rotated shapes, slot machines, or origami. It's like an imagination sport.
Also, he inspired me to relearn a lot of fundamental math on MathAcademy.com which has been super fun and stressful. I feel like I have the tetris effect but with polynomials now.