“Trump CUT My Funding.” Here's how I am going to react. Terry Tao

What happens when a government abruptly cuts off the lifeline of pure science?

Imagine canceling Albert Einstein just before he published [E = mc².

Terence Tao, the “Mozart of Mathematics,” was one of the unlucky researchers hit when the Trump administration suddenly terminated his federal research funding.

Today, I walk and talk with Tao at UCLA to understand how America’s greatest living mathematician found himself blindsided by a bureaucratic earthquake — and what it means for the future of discovery.

This is Part 1 of our deep dive into Tao’s work, his warnings about the collapse of U.S. research infrastructure, and why mathematics is the unseen root system supporting all of modern technology.

🕒 TIMESTAMPS

– *“Canceling Einstein”* — Tao’s funding cut
– Who is Terence Tao?
– Grants suspended without warning
– New hurdles for international scholars
– UCLA’s sudden funding freeze
– Was Tao targeted?
– Arbitrary rule-changing
– Trivial reasons for cancellations
– Policy without process
– Do we need new funding models?
– Why federal stability matters
– The limits of philanthropy
– Math as the root of modern tech
– Prizes and public perception
– The seven great unsolved problems
– The Navier–Stokes question
– The problem with prize-driven secrecy
– Collaboration over competition

If you care about ideas, discovery, and the future of knowledge itself — this conversation matters.

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