Math Outside the Bubble: Is MATH theNew MAGA?

摘要

Until 2019, math was a syllable seldom shouted. Then serialentrepreneur Andrew Yang put the four-letter word at thecenter of his long-shot bid for the Democratic presidentialnomination, and math’s rise to unforeseen prominence onthe political stage began—with an applause line.Yang launched his White House run in November 2017,but the declaration that has since appeared in nearly everyaccount of his candidacy didn’t get traction until the firstquarter of 2019, after his breakout February appearance onthe popular podcast The Joe Rogan Experience. “The oppositeof Donald Trump,” Yang announced during interviews andat rallies, “is an Asian man who likes math.”.