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Why I didn’t sign the Fields medallists’ letter

286 points · 412 comments · simianwords

  1. koliber · · focus · HN ↗
    I cook because I like to tinker, understand how variation in recipes affect flavor, and occasionally stumble upon something novel and tasty. The journey is most important but the goal is nice.

    My wife cooks to produce a meal and feed our family. The journey is a necessary evil to achieve a goal.

    We are aware of this difference in style and have learned to appreciate what each has to offer. At the same time, we sometimes annoy each other in the kitchen.

    There is an analogy here to what this essay says.

    1. esafak · · focus · HN ↗
      Err... society will pay your wife reliably because it needs to eat while you need rich benefactors to indulge your experiments?
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