The Ridiculous Engineering of the Most Important Machine: Veritasium [video] (opens in new tab)

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6 pointsb-lee2mo ago3 comments

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In (physical) high-tech engineering, like the blue led, it seems there is a pattern: extremely competent people are going against all their peers and the people in charge (usually the worst).

dataviz10002mo ago

... That one time they put Galileo’s head on the block.

Veritasium is storytelling. The stories of the people behind these discoveries—the ones that follow a hero’s arc—are insanely compelling.

sylware2mo ago

Well... there is a pattern...

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3 comments

sylware2mo ago

In (physical) high-tech engineering, like the blue led, it seems there is a pattern: extremely competent people are going against all their peers and the people in charge (usually the worst).

dataviz10002mo ago

... That one time they put Galileo’s head on the block.

Veritasium is storytelling. The stories of the people behind these discoveries—the ones that follow a hero’s arc—are insanely compelling.

sylware2mo ago

Well... there is a pattern...

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse