I'm glad youtube put this in my recommended. Just saying that it's great or keep it up isn't really that helpful so here's list what I believe made it so unique; - It's based on reality, teaching us how to use concepts you describe into applications like with the snowboard example. (Somewhat ironic considering what the other video you uploaded at the same time had in it). - It's self-aware on what it and similar types of videos are, and engages you to actually use the content instead of just passing onwards with the day. - It's has a broad application; It can be used in various events and goals in life. - It's broken down into seamless yet distinct parts, which answer various FAQ around the topic. - The quality of the video is great; Clear audio, Graphics which support the video's narrative, The writing, ect. Seeing these qualities and the fact that people have gotten this recommended and engaged with the video, I wouldn't be surprised if it went viral.
Thanks. I look at my videos as very imperfect representations of the ideas in my mind, but I try my best to get people to have the same "a-ha" moment as I did with these things. Glad you picked up on some of the ways I tried to do that!
It's pretty common to say that 'the views on these videos are criminal' but it genuinely is. I can't fathom how lucky I am to accidently stumble on this channel and find something made with quality and hard-found logic of systematic and conceptual thinking. As I have seen your philosophy truly is instilling concepts as something that should guide us instead of extremely narrowed down applications, which is so brilliant for this volatile world. I genuinely love your style, content and your delivery. It's such a mix of scientific Kurzgsagt and sisphysus 5. It doesn't matter if it goes viral or you carve a really robust niche but I can't help but watch you grow more because these videos are something else
Mr Pomeroy please please make more videos showing live examples of you using obsidian to process information and form new ideas. From you finding the information to you linking it and forming new ideas of your own. I think a lot of people would benefit of seeing more of this. Thank you for blessing us with your content. ( please show more from lectures but also maybe something you saw in a book or internet video -> to obsidian if you get what I mean )
هذا الفديو جاء في الوقت المناسب تماما، لاني دايما بدور على الكمال واخر اشي ما بعمل اشي، ويأتيك شعور انك لن تستطيع ان تعمل هذا او ذالك بسبب البحث عن وهم الكمال. شكرا لك.
Hey. I’ve been studying physics for the past 5 years and I am struggling a lot with it. I’ve seen it all on UA-cam. Please keep doing videos. I have never came across so useful videos.
Woah this channel is pretty good. The only critique I would have is that the video seems a bit slow, cloud of been a bit faster passed. But other than that it was informative.
Good counterexample! This is an interesting one because I think this principle would *technically* still apply to accelerating how quickly you learn to drive, but - of course - nobody wants that. I guess to tie it into my example, while there may be a certain optimal amount of falling when learning to snowboard (as each fall may be relatively minor), the optimal number of crashes when learning to drive is basically zero, since the cost associated with each is so high. On driving and other dangerous activities, though, there's definitely still an optimization to be made. The safest driver is one who doesn't drive at all, and this is where clearly defining our objective helps. If our life goal is to maximize safety all the time, then not driving is a no-brainer. But with desires such as "live a fulfilling life," there is an optimal amount of driving since it comes with a host of other benefits that make it worth the risk - hence why people do it all the time. Personally, I think this concept becomes especially impactful when people try to *maximize* the safety of their children at the expense of other things in their life (such as learning how to solve problems on their own). As uncomfortable as it may be to think, there is an optimization to be made when it comes to the safety of your children. The phrase "better safe than sorry" is useful until it's taken to helicopter-parenting territory. Of course, I could be wrong, but it seems balance is the key here.
These videos are amazing. Where do you learn this? Any books, blogs or videos etc? Most of the times, youtube videos are by gurus, advice is bs or not evidence based. Any similar videos, channels or websites to learn these?
Additional note: The first time I learned about the law of diminishing returns was in economic class, but I never knew that it's application could be used for other things in life... I guess it's true that by limiting what you learn to certain subjects, You'll never improve.
Great video! The message here applies to so many areas of life. I’m lucky UA-cam recommend me this video. Do you have a book the video is based on? I would be interested in reading more about it if possible.
Thanks! This wasn't inspired by any book (though I'm sure there are many out there that deliver similar messages - I don't claim anything in this video to be groundbreaking research...) The main inspiration came from me being disappointed with the amount of progress I was making on personal projects, and trying to figure out why things didn't go the way I wanted them to (hint: I was maximizing everything). I also drew a lot of inspiration from organizations that operate in a scrappy manner - Tesla and SpaceX in particular. Those companies seem to seriously outpace others in their industries not in quality (a result of maximization), but in *impact*. They intensely focus on doing only the most important things to achieve their missions, and let the other stuff slip away until they *become* more important. Basically, I've come to the conclusion that - more often than not - haphazardness begets intensity. If you want to achieve a lot in a short amount of time, you should work intensely. And while working intensely, you'll in some sense be working haphazardly - you'll be right on the edge of your abilities, and you'll end up doing things that you might not need to in the long run. But once finished, you'll look back and hindsight will be 20/20 - and you will have gotten there much faster than if you tried to chart a step-by-step course from the beginning.
I cant help but feel really confused on what balancing thoroughness and optimization clearly really means exactly, and how I could apply it to my own day to day life. Say with stuff I want to learn, I think so much about what it is I have to do, how I can apply what I know to what I can do When to move onto different topics and how to know if my comfort zone really *is* my comfort zone or I'm just aiming too low. Its a conundrum.
It sounds like you're onboard with the basic philosophy and are just getting hung-up on the actual *implementation* of that philosophy into your life. IMO this basically characterizes the plight of life in general - are you wasting time doing things you don't really need to be doing? Learning things you don't need to learn? Spending too much time on particular information when moving on faster would give you a *good enough* understanding of something? The philosophy suggests (and this is expanded upon in my video on How to Do Things you Don't Know How to Do) that we want to learn the minimum required to achieve our goals - that the goal in life is not to *know* the most, but to *do* the most. If you find that you're achieving all of your goals, and you don't find it to be particularly difficult, then you *could* be aiming too low, but you could also be perfectly content with these goals and you can live a happy live engaging in this activity that you're good at. Or this could be a side-gig and not worthy of more challenging goals. Or you could see that you're achieving everything you want to do, believe that you could do more, and then recalibrate your goals. One thing that works for me is to sit down every week and answer the simple question "what did you get done this week?" If I have a lot of good answers and these accomplishments are putting me on a good timeline towards achieving my goal, then it was a productive week and nothing much needs to be changed. But if in my honest assessment I think "man, for the amount of work put in, I'm surprised at how little I got done." That's a sign that you're optimizing, and you can be less thorough and potentially achieve *more*. The philosophy - this video - is the easy part. The hard part is figuring out practical ways to implement this in your life. I've developed these tricks that I mentioned to help me, but everyone will have different systems that allow them to make improvements to their life. Figuring out how to better achieve what you want to with your life is *the whole challenge* with life, balancing all your obligations. This is basically the biggest problem each of us will ever face in our lives, and it will never be solved - all we can do is highlight where we're *aiming* (optimization!) and then constantly reevaluate how we might better tilt our trajectory in that direction. The key is to just try things, and believe that this problem is solvable - whether its routines/habits, or being accountable to other people, or more frequent review cycles, or monetary investment which raises the stakes on getting things done, there are lots of practical ways we can improve this. Hopefully this gives a little more nuance to the problem, and I'd love to hear how things are going for you after you've tried a few different things! I'm sure others would appreciate the ideas as well.
What should I do if I am studying for something and it has much vast syllabus and I need to sit for atleast 8 hours everyday to complete it in a year plus remember everything effectively
hi Chris i don't actually comment alot on videos but your's is special i need to ask about your process for making videos like this how do you do it 😆like what software your use. do you write the whole script first then record your voice with animations. you use power point right ? i have a lot more questions but you get what i mean. thanks alooot
i basically spend an unreasonably long time thinking about things in way too much depth, conceptualize the information in the way described in my Obsidian video, and spend a long time writing the script agonizing over the best way to convey this information to other people. Then I record myself reading the script all the way through, split it up into chunks and remove some pauses/breaths in Premiere Pro, and then spend like 2 days making drawings in Inkscape and Paint.Net and adding them into a series of text and shapes that I animate in Premiere Pro in sync with the narration I previously split up. And then it's all ready for your viewing pleasure! Appreciate your kind words!
I'm glad youtube put this in my recommended. Just saying that it's great or keep it up isn't really that helpful so here's list what I believe made it so unique;
- It's based on reality, teaching us how to use concepts you describe into applications like with the snowboard example.
(Somewhat ironic considering what the other video you uploaded at the same time had in it).
- It's self-aware on what it and similar types of videos are, and engages you to actually use the content instead of just passing onwards with the day.
- It's has a broad application; It can be used in various events and goals in life.
- It's broken down into seamless yet distinct parts, which answer various FAQ around the topic.
- The quality of the video is great; Clear audio, Graphics which support the video's narrative, The writing, ect.
Seeing these qualities and the fact that people have gotten this recommended and engaged with the video, I wouldn't be surprised if it went viral.
Thanks. I look at my videos as very imperfect representations of the ideas in my mind, but I try my best to get people to have the same "a-ha" moment as I did with these things. Glad you picked up on some of the ways I tried to do that!
Chris must have reached the 80% maximization on this UA-cam channel, this channel had so much potential
Please keep making these - seriously great content and production quality!
It's pretty common to say that 'the views on these videos are criminal' but it genuinely is. I can't fathom how lucky I am to accidently stumble on this channel and find something made with quality and hard-found logic of systematic and conceptual thinking.
As I have seen your philosophy truly is instilling concepts as something that should guide us instead of extremely narrowed down applications, which is so brilliant for this volatile world. I genuinely love your style, content and your delivery. It's such a mix of scientific Kurzgsagt and sisphysus 5.
It doesn't matter if it goes viral or you carve a really robust niche but I can't help but watch you grow more because these videos are something else
Really appreciate you taking the time to write this! Thanks!
@@chrispomeroyYT You're welcome. Your videos have been such a help for me and I am more thankful for that :)
Mr Pomeroy please please make more videos showing live examples of you using obsidian to process information and form new ideas. From you finding the information to you linking it and forming new ideas of your own. I think a lot of people would benefit of seeing more of this. Thank you for blessing us with your content. ( please show more from lectures but also maybe something you saw in a book or internet video -> to obsidian if you get what I mean )
Please show us the whole process
هذا الفديو جاء في الوقت المناسب تماما، لاني دايما بدور على الكمال واخر اشي ما بعمل اشي، ويأتيك شعور انك لن تستطيع ان تعمل هذا او ذالك بسبب البحث عن وهم الكمال. شكرا لك.
This video shifted my mindset completely!! I am relieved beyond what I could hope for!!!!!! This just saved the next 7 months of my life 😭😭😭😭
Thank you, another great video. I also find myself thinking about how to do something that I barely even get anything done. Keep up the great work!
I'm genuinely glad I found out about this channel!
Hey. I’ve been studying physics for the past 5 years and I am struggling a lot with it. I’ve seen it all on UA-cam. Please keep doing videos. I have never came across so useful videos.
Man, keep this good work, I love your videos. They have no bs or waste time and have some cool BW aesthetics
My favorite UA-cam channel.
Great video! Nice job YT recommendations. I def got max value from the video, 0 diminishing returns here 😁
the way you structure your videos and how they are really informative while being entertaining is just the best, thank you for your content!!
This hit home with the accuracy of a laser-guided missile
I'm so glad UA-cam recommended me your channel.
I just found your channel and have promptly watched and thoroughly enjoyed every video on it. Just keep doing what you’re doing, it’s fantastic!
To understand this guy's videos I have to watch it multiple times to beat Taro enough
Love your content
Very eductional video. PLEASE make more of them in the future.
Nice channel, glad I just found it, subscribed
please contiune what your are doing, i wish more people saw what you do
ayyyy welcome back!!!
Woah this channel is pretty good. The only critique I would have is that the video seems a bit slow, cloud of been a bit faster passed. But other than that it was informative.
I needed to hear this! Subscribed to your channel
Why did you stop uploading, what a gem
Idk if this applies to everything, for example learning how to drive. I wouldn't want to cause multiple crashes in order to keep improving.
Good counterexample! This is an interesting one because I think this principle would *technically* still apply to accelerating how quickly you learn to drive, but - of course - nobody wants that. I guess to tie it into my example, while there may be a certain optimal amount of falling when learning to snowboard (as each fall may be relatively minor), the optimal number of crashes when learning to drive is basically zero, since the cost associated with each is so high.
On driving and other dangerous activities, though, there's definitely still an optimization to be made. The safest driver is one who doesn't drive at all, and this is where clearly defining our objective helps. If our life goal is to maximize safety all the time, then not driving is a no-brainer. But with desires such as "live a fulfilling life," there is an optimal amount of driving since it comes with a host of other benefits that make it worth the risk - hence why people do it all the time.
Personally, I think this concept becomes especially impactful when people try to *maximize* the safety of their children at the expense of other things in their life (such as learning how to solve problems on their own). As uncomfortable as it may be to think, there is an optimization to be made when it comes to the safety of your children. The phrase "better safe than sorry" is useful until it's taken to helicopter-parenting territory.
Of course, I could be wrong, but it seems balance is the key here.
again thanks!!
your content is such a gem. keep it up, there is so much value in your videos.
I NEED MORE. PLEASE, I BEG YOU
Your videos are great, thank you
Good shit man
Wow, impressive!
Is it just me or was that long pause at the end intentional to track how many people keep watching even after all the useful content has ended
For me you have been a kind of "revelation" 😂, your videos are very helpful, I hope you make more in the future.
Great vids.
take thing slow and steady it is. thanks
commenting for the algorithm. nice video btw u just got a sub
These videos are amazing. Where do you learn this? Any books, blogs or videos etc? Most of the times, youtube videos are by gurus, advice is bs or not evidence based.
Any similar videos, channels or websites to learn these?
Additional note: The first time I learned about the law of diminishing returns was in economic class, but I never knew that it's application could be used for other things in life... I guess it's true that by limiting what you learn to certain subjects, You'll never improve.
Your content is inspired.
keep going u re content just great
Great video! The message here applies to so many areas of life. I’m lucky UA-cam recommend me this video. Do you have a book the video is based on? I would be interested in reading more about it if possible.
Thanks! This wasn't inspired by any book (though I'm sure there are many out there that deliver similar messages - I don't claim anything in this video to be groundbreaking research...)
The main inspiration came from me being disappointed with the amount of progress I was making on personal projects, and trying to figure out why things didn't go the way I wanted them to (hint: I was maximizing everything). I also drew a lot of inspiration from organizations that operate in a scrappy manner - Tesla and SpaceX in particular. Those companies seem to seriously outpace others in their industries not in quality (a result of maximization), but in *impact*. They intensely focus on doing only the most important things to achieve their missions, and let the other stuff slip away until they *become* more important.
Basically, I've come to the conclusion that - more often than not - haphazardness begets intensity. If you want to achieve a lot in a short amount of time, you should work intensely. And while working intensely, you'll in some sense be working haphazardly - you'll be right on the edge of your abilities, and you'll end up doing things that you might not need to in the long run. But once finished, you'll look back and hindsight will be 20/20 - and you will have gotten there much faster than if you tried to chart a step-by-step course from the beginning.
how are you doing now bro? Still waiting for your obsidian guide
I cant help but feel really confused on what balancing thoroughness and optimization clearly really means exactly, and how I could apply it to my own day to day life. Say with stuff I want to learn, I think so much about what it is I have to do, how I can apply what I know to what I can do
When to move onto different topics and how to know if my comfort zone really *is* my comfort zone or I'm just aiming too low.
Its a conundrum.
It sounds like you're onboard with the basic philosophy and are just getting hung-up on the actual *implementation* of that philosophy into your life.
IMO this basically characterizes the plight of life in general - are you wasting time doing things you don't really need to be doing? Learning things you don't need to learn? Spending too much time on particular information when moving on faster would give you a *good enough* understanding of something?
The philosophy suggests (and this is expanded upon in my video on How to Do Things you Don't Know How to Do) that we want to learn the minimum required to achieve our goals - that the goal in life is not to *know* the most, but to *do* the most. If you find that you're achieving all of your goals, and you don't find it to be particularly difficult, then you *could* be aiming too low, but you could also be perfectly content with these goals and you can live a happy live engaging in this activity that you're good at. Or this could be a side-gig and not worthy of more challenging goals.
Or you could see that you're achieving everything you want to do, believe that you could do more, and then recalibrate your goals. One thing that works for me is to sit down every week and answer the simple question "what did you get done this week?" If I have a lot of good answers and these accomplishments are putting me on a good timeline towards achieving my goal, then it was a productive week and nothing much needs to be changed. But if in my honest assessment I think "man, for the amount of work put in, I'm surprised at how little I got done." That's a sign that you're optimizing, and you can be less thorough and potentially achieve *more*.
The philosophy - this video - is the easy part. The hard part is figuring out practical ways to implement this in your life. I've developed these tricks that I mentioned to help me, but everyone will have different systems that allow them to make improvements to their life. Figuring out how to better achieve what you want to with your life is *the whole challenge* with life, balancing all your obligations. This is basically the biggest problem each of us will ever face in our lives, and it will never be solved - all we can do is highlight where we're *aiming* (optimization!) and then constantly reevaluate how we might better tilt our trajectory in that direction.
The key is to just try things, and believe that this problem is solvable - whether its routines/habits, or being accountable to other people, or more frequent review cycles, or monetary investment which raises the stakes on getting things done, there are lots of practical ways we can improve this. Hopefully this gives a little more nuance to the problem, and I'd love to hear how things are going for you after you've tried a few different things! I'm sure others would appreciate the ideas as well.
What should I do if I am studying for something and it has much vast syllabus and I need to sit for atleast 8 hours everyday to complete it in a year plus remember everything effectively
YOU SHOULD WRITE A BOOK!
hi Chris i don't actually comment alot on videos but your's is special
i need to ask about your process for making videos like this how do you do it 😆like what software your use. do you write the whole script first then record your voice with animations. you use power point right ? i have a lot more questions but you get what i mean. thanks alooot
i basically spend an unreasonably long time thinking about things in way too much depth, conceptualize the information in the way described in my Obsidian video, and spend a long time writing the script agonizing over the best way to convey this information to other people.
Then I record myself reading the script all the way through, split it up into chunks and remove some pauses/breaths in Premiere Pro, and then spend like 2 days making drawings in Inkscape and Paint.Net and adding them into a series of text and shapes that I animate in Premiere Pro in sync with the narration I previously split up.
And then it's all ready for your viewing pleasure! Appreciate your kind words!
Where do you get these information?
what software did u use to edit this?
haha optimisation go brrrr
Did you die?
This is a really good video, I just subscribed. Do you have any social media or email for contact/business inquiries?