Effective progress studies and actions would be well thought of as Startups. Presenting concrete and distinct visions of the future that are actually desirable to 'normies' is what will drive growth and interest in these fields. The visions and implications of our abstractions should be regularly means-tested against users (i.e. the general population) and if they don't want what we're pitching, you should be open toward pivoting in the direction of their expressed consensuses. At the very least this will help ensure that you're grappling in a workspace that is actually meaningful to average people, which will then increase your ability to go play in more removed fields of abstraction. Adventuring into abstract landscapes is fun and meaningful, but you can't patent an abstract concept and you can't get Tom from down the block to hand you a tenner for a verbal description of a hypersphere.
Effective progress studies and actions would be well thought of as Startups. Presenting concrete and distinct visions of the future that are actually desirable to 'normies' is what will drive growth and interest in these fields. The visions and implications of our abstractions should be regularly means-tested against users (i.e. the general population) and if they don't want what we're pitching, you should be open toward pivoting in the direction of their expressed consensuses. At the very least this will help ensure that you're grappling in a workspace that is actually meaningful to average people, which will then increase your ability to go play in more removed fields of abstraction. Adventuring into abstract landscapes is fun and meaningful, but you can't patent an abstract concept and you can't get Tom from down the block to hand you a tenner for a verbal description of a hypersphere.