Grant Sanderson on the Evolution and Future of Mathematics

I had a lot of fun chatting with Grant Sanderson (who runs the excellent 3Blue1Brown YouTube channel) about:
* Whether advanced math requires AGI
* What careers should mathematically talented students pursue
* Why Grant plans on doing a stint as a high school teacher
* Tips for self teaching
* Does Godel’s incompleteness theorem actually matter
* Why are good explanations so hard to find?
* And much more

𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐃𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒
* Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/grant-sanderson-3blue1brown-past-present-future-of/id1516093381?i=1000631087010
* Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0u05TKwP8pozY4ojY4e0fH?si=SfRvmI-8R4q-jBPogrpMBw
* Transcript: https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/grant-sanderson

3Blue1Brown: https://www.youtube.com/@3blue1brown

𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒
00:00:00 - Does winning math competitions require AGI?
00:08:24 - Where to allocate mathematical talent?
00:17:34 - Grant’s miracle year
00:26:44 - Prehistoric humans and math
00:33:33 - Why is a lot of math so new?
00:44:44 - Future of education
00:56:28 - Math helped me realize I wasn’t that smart
00:59:25 - Does Godel’s incompleteness theorem matter?
01:05:12 - How Grant makes videos
01:10:13 - Grant’s math exposition competition
01:20:44 - Self teaching