From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.science.mathematics.categories/4593 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: jim stasheff Newsgroups: gmane.science.mathematics.categories Subject: Re: Bourbaki and Categories Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:20:25 -0400 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1241020046 13976 80.91.229.2 (29 Apr 2009 15:47:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:47:26 +0000 (UTC) To: categories@mta.ca Original-X-From: rrosebru@mta.ca Tue Sep 16 21:23:30 2008 -0300 Return-path: Envelope-to: categories-list@mta.ca Delivery-date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:23:30 -0300 Original-Received: from Majordom by mailserv.mta.ca with local (Exim 4.61) (envelope-from ) id 1Kfkjs-0004aV-K7 for categories-list@mta.ca; Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:17:48 -0300 Original-Sender: cat-dist@mta.ca Precedence: bulk X-Keywords: X-UID: 63 Original-Lines: 18 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.science.mathematics.categories:4593 Archived-At: David Spivak wrote: > I agree with Andre. Encapsulating a group of mathematicians inside a > single named entity fosters a kind of collaborative spirit in which > good ideas are not kept for personal use later but are shared amongst > the community. When ideas are shared in real time, good mathematics > can be produced faster. Anyone who wants to join the collective can > do so, and the collective produces highly useful material. Of course > such an enterprise is orthogonal to name-recognition, and maybe to > getting tenure! A partial solution: those who already have sufficient name recognition should proclaim the value contributed by those without it and especially in support of tenure for them. jim