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by ben_w 486 days ago
> Oh interesting. And those concepts are hand picked or generated automatically somehow?

Fully automated.

> Sorry, my religion forbids me from watching talking heads.

What about professional maths communicators who created their own open sourced python library for creating video content and doesn't even show their face on most videos?

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My problem is with the time wasted compared to written info, not with talking heads per se.
He doesn't waste time. No fluff.

You're unlikely to get a better time-quality trade-off on any maths topic than a 3blue1brown video.

He's the kind of presenter that others try to mimic because he's so good at what he does — you may recognise the visuals from elsewhere because of the library he created[0] in order to visualise the topics he was discussing.

[0] https://docs.manim.community/en/stable/faq/installation.html

There's also a playback speed slider in YouTube. I use it a lot.