https://vegasharmon.com/works/what-genius-looks-like/ Recent content in What Genius Looks Like on Vegas Harmon Hugo en Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://vegasharmon.com/commonplace/depth-first-breadth-later/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://vegasharmon.com/commonplace/depth-first-breadth-later/ The great wisdom of his career, as Glimm likes to tell it, is depth first, then breadth. Do not waste time on a million directions at once—do one thing well, and then master another. Over time, you can have deep knowledge across a wide range of subjects. He is unusual, even among elite mathematicians, in that his research actually spans multiple academic disciplines.