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In the middle of a discussion that was meant to be about computer networking, we ended up diving into Eater's full career trajectory.  Stenhaug and I (Grant) were so fascinated by this that we decided to just pull that whole section of the discussion out as its own podcast.   Where to connect with us https://www.reddit.com/r/benbenandblue/ https://twitter.com/BenBenAndBlue https://www.patreon.com/benbenandblue Our channels https://www.youtube.com/c/beneater https://www.youtube.com/c/3blue1brown

A discussion of color vision, reflections on the internet's most talked-about dress, and the design choices of using color in content. Notes   Jamie Wong's fantastic post "From Hexcodes to Eyeballs" Study on how the Russian language influences the perception of blue. Asymmetries in blue–yellow color perception and in the color of ‘the dress’ Interview with a tetrachromat Where to connect with us https://www.reddit.com/r/benbenandblue/ https://twitter.com/BenBenAndBlue https://www.patreon.com/benbenandblue   Our channels https://www.youtube.com/c/beneater https://www.youtube.com/c/3blue1brown

Our take on some of the discussions and work done around mindsets, particularly in the context of math education.   Notes Carol Dweck and her book Mindset   Jo Boaler, her book Mathematical Mindset, and her website Youcubed   Sal Khan's blog article The Learning Myth: Why I'll Never Tell My Son He's Smart   Desmos Activities   Research on interventions in online courses     Where to connect with us https://www.reddit.com/r/benbenandblue/ https://twitter.com/BenBenAndBlue https://www.patreon.com/benbenandblue Our channels https://www.youtube.com/c/beneater https://www.youtube.com/c/3blue1brown

The second Q&A session for 3blue1brown. We chose the questions that we thought made for the best discussion, which includes whether or not a knack for math is innate, favorite improv games, whether IT will always be an industry approachable to people who are self-taught without degrees, and many more. Question thread, with many more shorter answers from Grant. Net neutrality video Destin's Domino's video CGPGrey's machine learning video (and footnote) -------------------------- Where to connect with us https://www.reddit.com/r/benbenandblue/ https://twitter.com/BenBenAndBlue https://www.patreon.com/benbenandblue Our channels https://www.youtube.com/c/beneater https://www.youtube.com/c/3blue1brown

After chatting about playing poker together and debriefing about having Jason Fullen on the podcast, Stenhaug asks Eater and Grant if they have ever considered being teachers in a more formal setting. Where to connect with us - Discuss this episode on Reddit - Twitter - YouTube - Patreon Our channels - Ben Eater - 3Blue1Brown

Everyone seems to want net neutrality, yet it remains a contentious issue. Is pure evil the only reason anyone would oppose it, or is it a bit more nuanced? Where to connect with us - Discuss this episode on Reddit - Twitter - YouTube - Patreon Our channels - Ben Eater - 3Blue1Brown

We're joined by Jason Fullen, an Ohio middle school vice principal, who shares some of his experiences with the constraints that he and his school's teachers are faced with in trying to structure math classes. Where to connect with us - Discuss this episode on Reddit - Twitter - YouTube - Patreon Our channels - Ben Eater - 3Blue1Brown

What value does a college degree hold?  And to the extent that an elite university degree does provide some special benefit to its holder, is it a value that could hypothetically be made universal, or is it intrinsic to the exclusivity of the degree? The conversation here revolves around these questions, but not with a few tangents, including how David Labaree actually being a really nice guy and a certain absurd stance on the value of software engineering. Where to connect with us - Discuss this episode on Reddit - Twitter - YouTube - Patreon Our channels - Ben Eater - 3Blue1Brown  

A conversation centered on David Labaree's paper "Public Goods, Private Goods: The American Struggle Over Educational Goals", as well as a few of our own views on what the goal of education should be. Enjoying these episodes?  Consider a small Patreon pledge: https://www.patreon.com/benbenandblue Where to connect with us - Discuss this episode on Reddit - Twitter - YouTube - Patreon Our channels - Ben Eater - 3Blue1Brown

Ben Eater is nearing the end of his epic series on how to build your own computer from scratch, which raises the natural question, what's next?  This leads to a general discussion about the goals of our content, what we think about while creating, and what makes for a good explanation. A few things brought up - Eater's series on building a computer - Eater's series on networking - Grant's neural networks videos - Michael Nielsen Bitcoin article Homework Next episode we'll be discussing the paper "Public Goods, Private Goods: The American Struggle Over Educational Goals".  Have a look if you'd like to get the most out of the next episode.  Or maybe just glance at the abstract if you're strapped for time. Our channels: - Ben Eater - 3Blue1Brown

Ben Stenhaug is back in the classroom! We have fun talking about his plan for how to run a small 1 unit course introducing a few data science tools to grad students. Where to connect with us - Discuss this episode on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/benbenandblue/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/BenBenAndBlue - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BenBenandBlue - Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BenBenandBlue Don't forget to subscribe, wherever you get your podcast subscriptions.  

As an experiment, after recording episode 3 we decided to simply record a completely unstructured conversation–whatever happened to be on our minds in that moment.  Among other things, this included the finicky nature of podcasts, checklists, Getting Things Done, and improv. Compare this to episode 3 and leave us some feedback on what parts you liked, and what parts you didn't. - Comment on the subreddit - Tweet us - Leave comments on YouTube - Comment on the Patreon Page

Ben Stenhaug calls out Grant and Eater on the fact that they spent all of episode 2 talking about how people don't learn from lectures, but they create videos which are basically lectures. Compare this to episode 4 and leave us some feedback on what parts you liked, and what parts you didn't. - Comment on the subreddit - Tweet us - Leave comments on YouTube - Comment on the Patreon Page  

There's clearly some gravity towards a lecture-based classroom structure, even though we now know that this is not the best way for students to learn.  Here we discuss what the sources of that inertia might be. More from Ben Ben and Blue - Secret episodes on the Patreon page - Join the discussion at the subreddit Some of the first few of these we recorded we really fun, but the sound quality where we were was really...well...bad.  We didn't want to kick off the full podcast with them, but we do want to share them with someone, so you can now find them as a reward for anyone who chooses to contribute on Patreon. Some material brought up during this discussion Studies from Carl Wieman on passive vs. active learning See also this interview with Wieman about that study David Pengelly on overcoming the lecture-textbook trap

Grant Sanderson and Ben Eater (sadly Ben Stenhaug was away) discuss questions posted for a 3blue1brown Q&A. Links for channels mentioned: - Looking glass universe - Welch Labs