Grant Sanderson (3Blue1Brown) - Past, Present, & Future of Mathematics
1Description
I had a lot of fun chatting with Grant Sanderson (who runs the excellent 3Blue1Brown YouTube channel) about:
- Whether advanced math requires AGI
- What careers should mathematically talented students pursue
- Why Grant plans on doing a stint as a high school teacher
- Tips for self teaching
- Does Godel’s incompleteness theorem actually matter
- Why are good explanations so hard to find?
- And much more
Watch on YouTube. Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or any other podcast platform. Full transcript here.
Timestamps
(0:00:00 ) - Does winning math competitions require AGI?
(0:08:24 ) - Where to allocate mathematical talent?
(0:17:34 ) - Grant’s miracle year
(0:26:44 ) - Prehistoric humans and math
(0:33:33 ) - Why is a lot of math so new?
(0:44:44 ) - Future of education
(0:56:28 ) - Math helped me realize I wasn’t that smart
(0:59:25 ) - Does Godel’s incompleteness theorem matter?
(1:05:12 ) - How Grant makes videos
(1:10:13 ) - Grant’s math exposition competition
(1:20:44 ) - Self teaching
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