The Responsibilities of Mathematicians

Article in Mathematics Today arguing that mathematicians need to be engaged in how their subject interacts with the world.

2008-01-01

Authors: E. O. Harriss
Published in: Mathematics Today, 2008
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BibTeX

@article{responsibilities-mathematicians,
  title   = {The Responsibilities of Mathematicians},
  author  = {E. O. Harriss},
  journal = {Mathematics Today},
  year    = {2008},
}

It was written in the shadow of the 2008 financial crisis. The call still has impact today with algorithms and large language models only increasing in influence, though the framing given here is a little naive.