Some of the most important work is done by people working quietly on mundane problems. For some reason, this excellent comment reminds me of my visit to the se

Some of the most important work is done by people working quietly on mundane problems. For some reason, this excellent comment reminds me of my visit to the sewers of Paris (they've got a museum down there!) There's a quote from Napoleon in which he proclaimed that the redesign of the Parisian sewer system (which was commissioned during his reign) was one of the most important things he ever did. It's surprisingly hard to argue with that.