Up and Down the Ladder of Abstraction (2011)

I would like to point out that the whole article can be treated as a metaphor for one of the major themes of mathematical and computational&#x2F;CS thinking, i.e., exploring generalizations and &quot;meta-generalizations&quot;. (edit: well I guess I just repeated the title+conclusion of the article, since &quot;generalization&quot; is similar to &quot;abstraction&quot;, so we have &quot;abstraction and meta-abstraction&quot; which is alluded by the title plus the conclusion that says it&#x27;s not just one linear ladder but a multi-dimensional multi-faceted construct).<p>Reminds me of a cool youtube playlist [1] (David Metzler - Ridiculously Huge Numbers)<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;playlist?list=PL3A50BB9C34AB36B3" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;playlist?list=PL3A50BB9C34AB36B3</a>

BV has indicated that his Realtalk group[0] at HARC might release new research by the end of the year.<p>I&#x27;m thoroughly excited to see what they are able to produce.<p>[0]<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;harc.ycr.org&#x2F;project&#x2F;realtalk&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;harc.ycr.org&#x2F;project&#x2F;realtalk&#x2F;</a>

Tiny grey sans-serif body text means you hate your readers&#x27; eyes. So ironic on an article about clear communication. ;-P

Although some things went over my head, that was a wonderful explanation.