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Ask HN: YouTube Channels for the Intellectually Curious

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Post by maxutility »

As someone who is intellectually curious and has had great success finding articles on sites like Hacker News and blogs like kottke.org, I haven’t yet figured out where to find the most interesting content on YouTube. Let me know in the comments if you have found certain channels and creators to be particularly rewarding to follow, or if there are other ways you’ve found to consistently track down good content.

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Post by rudolfwinestock »

Freya Holmér covers the math and programming behind computer graphics: https://www.youtube.com/c/Acegikmo

Here are some more mathematics channels:

https://www.youtube.com/user/HarveyMuddCollegeEDU

https://www.youtube.com/c/Aleph0

https://www.youtube.com/c/3blue1brown

Here are some channels on physics:

https://www.youtube.com/c/TenMinutePhysics

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPZvrtffxEZ7KZQ9dYCG0xg Here's something of historical interest: all of the episodes of The Computer Chronicles. https://www.youtube.com/user/ComputerChroniclesYT

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Post by efortis »

rudolfwinestock wrote: post #2

Freya Holmér covers the math and programming behind computer graphics: https://www.youtube.com/c/Acegikmo Here are some more mathematics channels: https://www.youtube.com/user/HarveyMuddCollegeEDU https://www.youtube.com/c/Aleph0 https://www.youtube.com/c/3blue1brown Here are some channels on physics: https://www.youtube.com/c/TenMinutePhysics https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPZvrtffxEZ7KZQ9dYCG0xg Here's something…

Coding Math: https://www.youtube.com/user/codingmath

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Post by danielvaughn »

rudolfwinestock wrote: post #2

Freya Holmér covers the math and programming behind computer graphics: https://www.youtube.com/c/Acegikmo Here are some more mathematics channels: https://www.youtube.com/user/HarveyMuddCollegeEDU https://www.youtube.com/c/Aleph0 https://www.youtube.com/c/3blue1brown Here are some channels on physics: https://www.youtube.com/c/TenMinutePhysics https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPZvrtffxEZ7KZQ9dYCG0xg Here's something…

Freya is awesome. I didn’t understand the GPU until I watched her videos.

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Post by logshipper »

Math:

   - 3Blue1Brown: https://www.youtube.com/c/3blue1brown

   - Numberphile: https://www.youtube.com/c/numberphile
CS:

   - Computerphile: https://www.youtube.com/user/Computerphile
Physics:

   - PBS Spacetime: https://www.youtube.com/c/pbsspacetime
Philosophy and Pop Culture:

   - Philosophy Tube: https://www.youtube.com/c/thephilosophytube

   - Folding Ideas: https://www.youtube.com/c/FoldingIdeas

   - ContraPoints: https://www.youtube.com/c/ContraPoints
Film:

   - Nerdwriter: https://www.youtube.com/user/Nerdwriter1

   - Patrick H Willems: https://www.youtube.com/c/patrickhwillems

   - Every Frame a Painting: https://www.youtube.com/c/everyframeapainting
   
   - https://www.youtube.com/c/LessonsfromtheScreenplay
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