Grant Sanderson, (@3Blue1Brown) created one of the most beloved math channels on the internet.
Grant is a Stanford math grad, Khan Academy alum, and self-taught animator who built his own open-source visualization engine from scratch. From students learning linear algebra for the first time, to researchers, to millions of curious people on the internet, @3blue1brown makes math feel beautiful.
Topics we cover
- How Grant wrote the "best wedding speech anyone's ever heard" with 24 hours notice
- Why he's never felt the burnout other creators describe after 10+ years
- His take on the algorithm
- The real problem with modern education
- Being a source vs. being a relay and original thinking
- Why he's now building a team and rethinking sponsorships
01:05 How to Write a Wedding Speech
07:04 Use Pauses Like a Pro
11:39 Going Full Time on YouTube
17:27 Why I Left Academia
20:51 Explain It vs. Discover It
27:53 Be a Source, Not a Relay
39:00 The Analytics Dopamine Trap
43:23 Your Algorithm = Your Audience
47:36 Fun Work vs. Strategic Work
52:12 Mental Hygiene for Creators
54:15 Write to Think, Not to Publish
56:49 How My Team Changed Everything
01:06:05 The Loneliness of Solo Creating
01:23:14 Will LLMs Kill Motivation to Learn?
01:38:01 Growth vs. Serving Your Audience
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