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The supply of worthy problems is finite

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Welcome to September 12, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

Open problems accumulated over centuries are being consumed in weeks. What a field spends them on, and who gets credit for spending them, becomes the live question once the stock is visibly depletable.

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2026-09-12: A mathematician alleges a lab matched his unpublished work

2026-09-12: Twenty-five Fields Medallists sign a statement on misalignment in mathematics

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The supply of worthy problems is finite
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KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/themes/good-problems-are-non-renewable
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