A Mathematician's Lament

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Paul Lockhart said it better than I ever could: https://worrydream.com/refs/Lockhart_2002_-_A_Mathematician's_Lament.pdf

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Alright, read it.
I get the gist, and it makes fair points, but I lean towards basic utility for math myself,
Though I don't think it's bad to include fun math methods, art, history.