| Name
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Medium
|
Aiming to be comprehensive?[note 1]
|
Gets to deep/hard stuff, and forces people to think?[note 2]
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Focus on explanation vs creating/doing?
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Focus on analyzing explanations?[note 3]
|
Totally new stuff, or just "do more of the same, but faster and with more polish"?
|
| Generic pedagogy, say "good" math books like Tao, Axler, Spivak |
Text |
Yes |
Yes (but it's very difficult work!) |
Explanation |
No |
same old
|
| Tools for thought |
The point is to create new mediums! |
Yes? |
Yes? |
Creating/doing |
Yes |
Totally new stuff!
|
| Research distillation[1] |
Mostly text, with some interactive widgets |
No |
Kinda (aspirational, but most online essays are still not so deep) |
Explanation |
No, or at least not in public |
faster/more polish
|
| Explorable explanations |
Interactive widgets |
Not |
Not really |
Explanation |
No |
mix of both
|
| 3Blue1Brown |
Non-interactive video with visualizations |
No |
No |
Explanation |
No |
mix of both
|
| Khan Academy |
Tutor-like videos and text |
Explanation |
Yes, but it only targets "easy" topics |
Kinda, but it only targets "easy" topics |
No |
just cover all the high school topics
|
| Spaced repetition and "learning how to learn" |
Flashcards, notes |
Yes |
Yes (but you do all the work!) |
Creating/doing |
Yes |
Yes; people talk about how to write better prompts and come up with new learning techniques
|
| Asynchronous Discord severs |
Chatroom |
Kinda (not intended to be a standalone resource, but a good server will cover all the chapters and be able to help at any stage of learning) |
Yes (people who are asking their questions are actually asking about the stuff they are struggling with) |
Explanation |
No |
The concept itself is new (as described in my LW post) but once it's been created, there is no drive to make it even better; instead, the drive has been to expand to more and more textbooks/subfields of math
|
| Explanation science |
Mostly text? |
Yes (aspirational) |
Yes |
Explanation |
Yes |
Totally new stuff!
|
