I attended the 2020 Joint Mathematics Conference in Denver. There were a disturbing number of signs that Wokeness was being planted in the community over the years, but in particular I saw the precipice in that convention. A few days or weeks later, the American Mathematical Association pronounced itself Woke, in about the words you migh…
I attended the 2020 Joint Mathematics Conference in Denver. There were a disturbing number of signs that Wokeness was being planted in the community over the years, but in particular I saw the precipice in that convention. A few days or weeks later, the American Mathematical Association pronounced itself Woke, in about the words you might imagine.
There is a subset of math geeks that are easier to brainwash due to not overcoming the inferiority complex and dependence ingrained through the Prussian educational system. Now they've taken control.
There are two professional societies in mathematics. The AMA is for those on a "educator" track, so they were already long since permeated with the educationist mentality and its pernicious value system. Sorry to hear they went that way, but not surprised. Education, as a profession, is already fraught with bullshit that can be outgrown or shrugged off by students.
When the MAA gets woke, then we're going to have some real problems. I don't see the actuaries, quants, industrial mathematicians etc being so easily coopted.
I attended the 2020 Joint Mathematics Conference in Denver. There were a disturbing number of signs that Wokeness was being planted in the community over the years, but in particular I saw the precipice in that convention. A few days or weeks later, the American Mathematical Association pronounced itself Woke, in about the words you might imagine.
There is a subset of math geeks that are easier to brainwash due to not overcoming the inferiority complex and dependence ingrained through the Prussian educational system. Now they've taken control.
There are two professional societies in mathematics. The AMA is for those on a "educator" track, so they were already long since permeated with the educationist mentality and its pernicious value system. Sorry to hear they went that way, but not surprised. Education, as a profession, is already fraught with bullshit that can be outgrown or shrugged off by students.
When the MAA gets woke, then we're going to have some real problems. I don't see the actuaries, quants, industrial mathematicians etc being so easily coopted.