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BBB #15: The origins of Ben Eater May 08, 2018

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

BBB #14: Color Apr 17, 2018

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

BBB #13: Mindsets Mar 02, 2018

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

BBB #12: 3Blue1Brown Q&A #2 Jan 09, 2018

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)

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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

BBB #11: Poker and serious teaching Jan 01, 2018

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

BBB #10: The case against Net Neutrality? Dec 14, 2017

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

BBB #9: Boots on the ground middle school math teaching, with Jason Fullen Dec 12, 2017

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

BBB #8: Credentials Nov 25, 2017

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

BBB #7: What is the goal of education? Nov 07, 2017

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.

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Where to connect with us

- Discuss this episode on Reddit - Twitter - YouTube - Patreon

Our channels

- Ben Eater - 3Blue1Brown

BBB #6: What's next for Ben Eater? Oct 21, 2017

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

BBB #5: Plans to flip a class Oct 07, 2017

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.

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- Twitter: https://twitter.com/BenBenAndBlue

- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BenBenandBlue

- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BenBenandBlue

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BBB #4: Randomness and GTD Sep 21, 2017

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.

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BBB #3: Wait, why are you guys making videos? Sep 21, 2017

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

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BBB #2: Lecturing=Bloodletting, so why are we still doing it? Sep 03, 2017

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.

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