> I will say on historical mathematics - reading the greats shows you the road traveled, and often one realizes the unexplored paths along the way, that lead to brand new continents. This may not be as relevant if one is not trying to innovate.
I would consider this a function of specialization, which is of course still good, perhaps even required in this modern world, but we can't specialize in everything.
Agreed! I often wonder how LLMs will deal with this eventually. It could be their biggest strength. Some people will want tweet-based responses, some will want book-length. It could generate the right level of content for an audience-of-one, knowing what they know, etc.
I would consider this a function of specialization, which is of course still good, perhaps even required in this modern world, but we can't specialize in everything.