UN Climate Action Summit

Hello, I’m Christian Williams. I study category theory with John Baez at U.C. Riverside. I’ve written two posts on Azimuth about promising distributed computing endeavors. I believe in the power of applied theory—that’s why I left my life in Texas just to work with John. But lately I’ve begun to wonder if these great ideas will help the world quickly enough.

I want to discuss the big picture, and John has kindly granted me this platform with such a diverse, intelligent, and caring audience. T...