Interview with @3blue1brown‬

Grant Sanderson is the creator of the coolest math youtube channel, "3blue1brown". In this interview, Grant and Mura chat about a bunch of different topics, such as feelings towards abstract math, and even hear Grant read a piece from his poem. Enjoy Grant's beautiful thoughts and exquisite English!Grant's channel: youtube.com/ 3blue1brown Grant's homepage: 3blue1brown.com/about Grant's poetry: 3blue1brown.com/blog/poems The Math-life balance YouTube channel: youtube.com/@math-life-balance Chapters: 0:00 teaser 0:45 introducing Grant and his job 2:52 struggles of having a popular YouTube channel 6:03 sociology of math outreach 10:36 why people love 3blue1brown 13:22 how to popularize abstract math 17:40 making algebraic K-theory popular 21:17 how to measure success 27:16 did god hand you the definition of a topological space? 32:27 who writes wiki pages and and why 36:13 which feelings cause abstraction 44:39 what if you don't understand math 46:49 unpacking genius 51:48 how Grant deals with the frustration of not understanding math 55:16 Grant's poetry 1:01:47 Grant's question to mathematicians 1:03:38 advice from Grant

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Interview with @3blue1brown‬ is an episode from Math-Life Balance by Mura Yakerson.

This episode is 01:04:42 long.

This episode was published on Oct 10, 2025.

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