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! Name !! Medium !! Gets to deep stuff?<ref group=note>Is the material comprehensive, and can it be used as a standalone resource? Or is it more of an auxiliary thing to make the topic more entertaining? Does the thing have exercises that really deepen understanding? Does it take [https://learning.subwiki.org/wiki/Importance_of_struggling_in_learning desirable difficulties] into account?</ref> !! Focus on explanation vs creating/doing? !! Focus on analyzing explanations? || Totally new stuff, or just "do more of the same, but faster and with more polish"?
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! Name !! Medium !! Gets to deep stuff?<ref group=note>Is the material comprehensive, and can it be used as a standalone resource? Or is it more of an auxiliary thing to make the topic more entertaining? Does the thing have exercises that really deepen understanding? Does it take [https://learning.subwiki.org/wiki/Importance_of_struggling_in_learning desirable difficulties] into account?</ref> !! Focus on explanation vs creating/doing?<ref group=note>Does the field or scene see the ''analysis of explanations'' as itself a topic of the work? Or is it more just a thing that happens outside of the public view? Is a discussion of a new technique to explain things seen as a contribution to the scene?</ref> !! Focus on analyzing explanations? || Totally new stuff, or just "do more of the same, but faster and with more polish"?
 
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| Generic pedagogy, say "good" math books like Tao, Axler, Spivak || Text || Yes (but it's very difficult work!) || Explanation || No || same old
 
| Generic pedagogy, say "good" math books like Tao, Axler, Spivak || Text || Yes (but it's very difficult work!) || Explanation || No || same old

Revision as of 12:48, 7 February 2022

Name Medium Gets to deep stuff?[note 1] Focus on explanation vs creating/doing?[note 2] Focus on analyzing explanations? 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 (but it's very difficult work!) Explanation No same old
Tools for thought The point is to create new mediums! Yes? Creating/doing Yes Totally new stuff!
Research distillation[1] Mostly text, with some interactive widgets 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 really Explanation No mix of both
3Blue1Brown Non-interactive video with visualizations No Explanation No mix of both
Khan Academy Tutor-like videos and text Explanation Kinda, but it only targets "easy" topics No just cover all the high school topics
Asynchronous Discord severs Chatroom Kinda (not in a comprehensive way, but 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) Explanation Yes Totally new stuff!

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  1. Is the material comprehensive, and can it be used as a standalone resource? Or is it more of an auxiliary thing to make the topic more entertaining? Does the thing have exercises that really deepen understanding? Does it take desirable difficulties into account?
  2. Does the field or scene see the analysis of explanations as itself a topic of the work? Or is it more just a thing that happens outside of the public view? Is a discussion of a new technique to explain things seen as a contribution to the scene?