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Malaika Aiyar

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I find unifying theories/frames very pleasing. Like category theory, a theory for all of math. When I was in my high school math era my favourite proofs were those that crossed many seemingly-orthogonal fields (e.g. the theorems leading up to quadratic reciprocity in number theory). I love how complexity theory is a unifying theory that can tell us about the difficulty of literally any well-defined problem ever, in a way that is consistent across every reasonable computational model! In conversation with Miles, he keenly noted that unifying frames are a form of compression/abstraction. We are able to remember more information in less space (one rule for both writing and drawing) -- I would guess that humans have a bias for high-information strings. Jason on great ideas: "summarizable in a single phrase". Kajita Hanko, "Two Lovers Hiding in Long Grass as Flame Approaches" I realise I also find compression and abstraction very pleasing when it comes to visual communication & art: see thi

Compression | Malaika Aiyar Compression 02.08.2025 I find unifying theories/frames very pleasing. Like category theory, a theory for all of math. When I was in my high school math era my favourite proofs were those that crossed many seemingly-orthogonal fields (e.g. the theorems leading up to quadratic reciprocity in number theory). I love how complexity theory is a unifying theory that can tell us about the difficulty of literally any well-defined problem ever, in a way that is consistent across every reasonable computational model! In conversation with Miles , he keenly noted that unifying f

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