francis sue is the author of a book called mathematics for human flourishing. He talks to christuffy about being in relationships and friendships with people who are willing to have hard conversations with him. The show also features productions from anna felin and sammy case, who are flourishing mathematically and otherwise. And how to be a better humanist, produced by joscelyn gonzales and sandro lopez monsalve - they're working on that right now.
Every day, we humans do math. Whether we are obsessed with a logic puzzle on our smartphones or even just calculating a morning alarm that gives you 8 more minutes in bed, our daily lives are full of numbers, quantities, shapes and patterns. And for Francis Su—a writer and Professor of Mathematics and the Former President of the Mathematical Association of America—math is actually one of the things that makes us human. In today’s episode he talks about how mathematics can serve as a tool for social justice, how math can enhance our sense of aesthetics and beauty, why math is one of the last refuges of truth in a time where misinformation is rampant, and how we can all learn to cultivate, and even come to love, the little daily mathematics of our lives.