tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post3213642318918472638..comments2024-03-28T18:17:00.135-05:00Comments on Computational Complexity: The War and MathLance Fortnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06752030912874378610noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-31456733026432657832022-03-23T04:58:44.053-05:002022-03-23T04:58:44.053-05:00This war has already brought about an enormous sim...This war has already brought about an enormous simplification of our world view. Previously we had a globalized world with very complex interactions that nobody really understood. Now we again get a clear 'friend or foe' picture, 'we' against 'them', and each side sure to be on the 'right' side. In so far this resembles more the eve of WWI than WWII where also each side marched on with God's blessing. The only difference being that today nobody wants a WW and so it is fought out as a proxy war at the expense of the Ukrainians. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-82154149156844899952022-03-17T09:33:32.736-05:002022-03-17T09:33:32.736-05:00How separated are the East and the West now? Can a...How separated are the East and the West now? Can academics in Russia access the web? download papers from arXiv? email? Access this blog? Other blogs? I ask nonrhetorically. I suspect that they can do some of these things. <br /><br />The lack of communication between the east and the west during the cold war wasn't just political- it was also technological. So I wonder if todays technology will make it impossible to go back to a lack of communication.<br /><br />When I tell my students that Cook and Levin did SAT is NPC at the same time they ask who posted to arXiv first, and could the other ones have seen it there. That era is so foreign to todays students. gasarchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03004932739846901628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-33452607653175245372022-03-17T09:25:04.754-05:002022-03-17T09:25:04.754-05:00Note that Sasha has a position in France, so you w...Note that Sasha has a position in France, so you won't be disconnected from him in any case. This does not detract from the substance of your post.B.noreply@blogger.com