Interview with @3blue1brown

Grant Sanderson is the creator of the coolest math youtube channel "3blue1brown". In this interview, we 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:    / 3blue1brown   Grant's homepage: https://www.3blue1brown.com/about Grant's poetry: https://www.3blue1brown.com/blog/poems "Math-life balance" as a podcast: https://anchor.fm/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 and why writes wiki-pages 36:13 which feelings causes abstraction 44:39 what if you don't understand math 46:49 unpacking genius 51:48 how Grant deals with frustration of not understanding math 55:16 Grant's poetry 1:01:47 Grant's question to mathematicians 1:03:38 advice from Grant