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Your job will be to listen, interact, and summarize their messages.
He wrote A Mathematician's Lament, which went "viral" in mathematical circles before we talked about things going viral!:)
(Your homework assignment is to read his essay prior to next week's class, during which we will discuss the essay. There will be a short, easy quiz to start class next time, simply to assure that you have read it!)
He makes several very critical claims about how badly our society teaches mathematics today. Before we go down that somewhat dark road, let's take a moment to talk today about some of the good we've encountered in our mathematical journeys!