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Ask HN: Long-form info-dense videos on YouTube you would recommend to anyone?

• petecooper 5y ago
  World's Most Advanced Video Editing Tutorial (Premiere Pro) - Editing LTT from start to finish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6ERELse_QY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6ERELse_QY
  • alin23 5y ago
    Damn, 4 hours! I just got into a bit of video editing because I had to do a real app demo for my new app, for it to be approved on the App Store (https://lowtechguys/rcmd https://lowtechguys/rcmd) This should come in handy for the next app!
• grech 5y ago
  How The Economic Machine Works by Ray Dalio comes to mind. It's 31 minutes long and provides a great high-level overview of basic economic principles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHe0bXAIuk0&t=3s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHe0bXAIuk0&t=3s
  • Jugurtha 5y ago
    This was my go-to video to put me to sleep, but it has sound effects and I found other videos. The two others are Clayton Christensen's talk at Google, and John Danaher's appearance on the Lex Fridman podcast. These two are just amazing as the dynamic range of everyone's voice is so narrow. They don't have ups and downs. Their voice is rather monotonic and soothing. I'm asleep in less than 5 minutes. I know because I remember the topic I slept to, and diff it with the topic I haven't listened to. I also listen to old tool restauration videos/CNC/industrial sounds as they put me to sleep as fast if I haven't booked a hotel room on the first floor of a hotel that gives to a busy city street at peak time, or at a specific place that overlooks a mechanic shop with pneumatic tools during work hours. I can't control traffic or people's work hours, so these videos are the closest I got to reproducible, predictable, on-demand sleep.
    • jorgesborges 5y ago
      You might like this channel called Nomadic Ambience: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqRTj-Nu_8to3jIBlXptOtA https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqRTj-Nu_8to3jIBlXptOtA
      • Jugurtha 5y ago
        Thank you, jorgesborges. I will try it.
• mardiyah 5y ago
  Almost nothing it's due to (almost) all you tube educative info contents is terrible as youtuber just target the max viewers as much as possible without caring content's truthfulness and quality
  • happytoexplain 5y ago
    Yes, but "almost nothing" in a domain of millions of educational videos is still a lot. One just needs help curating, like this thread.
• belfalas 5y ago
  Check this one out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZA9Hnp3aV4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZA9Hnp3aV4 "Exponential Growth Arithmetic, Population and Energy, Dr. Albert A. Bartlett"
  • alin23 5y ago
    This sounds just like the kind of thing I was looking for! Thanks!
• ericbarrett 5y ago
  The Biggest Ideas in the Universe by Sean Carroll, an intro to modern physics, including homotopy and quantum field theory. He does some math but you'll follow if you've finished high school. Don't miss the Q&A videos in between the 26 regular episodes. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HI09kat_GeI https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HI09kat_GeI
  • alin23 5y ago
    Whoa, this will keep me busy for a lot of boring mornings. There are a lot of physics concepts I struggle to understand, like what are electrons if they aren’t orbiting particles as we were taught, and what really is quantum entanglement. This playlist will definitely help, thanks!
    • emerged 5y ago
      FYI if you watch the video and like it, he also has a great podcast (Mindscape) which often involves physics but usually combines it with some other topic being discussed with a guest.
• blintz 5y ago
  This is a bit outside of technical stuff, but if you like political/social commentary, I think ContraPoints has really entertaining and also fairly well-researched video essays. She is definitely part of the left, but I think people of most political persuasions can find her engaging and funny, even if they don’t agree 100%. https://m.youtube.com/user/contrapoints https://m.youtube.com/user/contrapoints
  • susodapop 5y ago
    Her video about Envy stands out as one of the best I’ve seen on YouTube. Up there with Sagan or Harari in how it’s affected my worldview. While her videos are enjoyable to watch, they are also quite listenable during a long trip or while cooking.
  • alin23 5y ago
    Thanks a lot! I’m definitely not looking for technical stuff only. It’s just that, YouTube’s recommendation algorithm skews me in that direction. I like watching videos about interesting bits of history, debating/solutions for various civil/political problems, seeing someone being extremely good at their craft (whether that’s woodworking, electronics, painting, building houses using old techniques, etc.). I also like investigative videos without blockbuster content and a ton of dramatic music, but those are really hard to find.
• doitLP 5y ago
  https://m.youtube.com/c/everyframeapainting https://m.youtube.com/c/everyframeapainting Every Frame A Painting. A great channel (that I wish was getting new videos) going deep on about aspects of moviemaking, editing, musical scores etc. High production quality videos and interesting even if you’re not a film buff or movie nerd.
  • alin23 5y ago
    This is marvellous! I loved when YouTube recommended me some stuff about camera angles from Vox, or how interesting old 3D cameras worked. I didn’t really know how to search for this kind of content, this channel is gold!
  • oplav 5y ago
    Tony Zhou and Taylor Ramos (of Every Frame A Painting) are involved with Netflix's new show Voir, which seems to follow the same video essay format. Haven't watched it yet, but it's on my list. https://www.netflix.com/title/80990130 https://www.netflix.com/title/80990130
• sapolskyrec 5y ago
  Not exactly designed for YT, but Sapolsky’s Human Behavioral Biology is great.
  • lukifer 5y ago
    2nded. Link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL150326949691B199 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL150326949691B199
• pjc50 5y ago
  I'm not generally a fan of made-for-youtube, but they do have some classic documentaries on there. Including "the most expensive factual series ever made", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_at_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_at_War . Made in the 70s, it was long enough to regard it as history but recent enough that senior participants were still alive and available to be interviewed.
• mcqueenjordan 5y ago
  How to Speak, Patrick Winston: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unzc731iCUY&ab_channel=MITOpenCourseWare https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unzc731iCUY&ab_channel=MITOp... (And, more generally, just any/all of the MITOCW stuff.)
• poyu 5y ago
  Any Ben Eater videos really, but this is a good one. Building a VGA video card https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=l7rce6IQDWs https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=l7rce6IQDWs
• jayceedenton 5y ago
  "Around The Corner - How Differential Steering Works (1937)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYAw79386WI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYAw79386WI
• cma 5y ago
  Why China's Largest Volcano Is So Unusual https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C2HVOB-g5s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C2HVOB-g5s
• vaidhy 5y ago
  I just got started into wildlife photography and this video has been a great starting point for me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9YBeNBoKVw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9YBeNBoKVw It is long, but goes into a lot of details on what makes a photograph look good.
• thomas 5y ago
  This channel goes deeply (well, as deeply as is possible) into ballpoint pens, fountain pens, and other writing instruments: * refills: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr1UfM8PP0U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr1UfM8PP0U * Parker Jotter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h8uIjfWqm4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h8uIjfWqm4 * multi-pens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAJ9BwHKJU4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAJ9BwHKJU4
• ftcHn 5y ago
  Thanks for this. Great timing as school holidays have just started in Australia and I like to get my boys watching some interesting educational content.
• Isinlor 5y ago
  Everything from 3 blue 1 brown: https://www.youtube.com/c/3blue1brown https://www.youtube.com/c/3blue1brown Visualization of Quantum Physics (Quantum Mechanics): https://youtu.be/p7bzE1E5PMY https://youtu.be/p7bzE1E5PMY history of the entire world, i guess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuCn8ux2gbs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuCn8ux2gbs TIMELAPSE OF THE FUTURE: A Journey to the End of Time (4K): https://youtu.be/uD4izuDMUQA https://youtu.be/uD4izuDMUQA Humanity was born way ahead of its time. The reason is grabby aliens. and Grabby aliens: when we'll meet them, how big they are, and other predictions https://youtu.be/l3whaviTqqg https://youtu.be/l3whaviTqqg https://youtu.be/LceY7nhi6j4 https://youtu.be/LceY7nhi6j4 Everyday Astronaut videos (he has 90 min documentary on Soviet rocket engine): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6uKrU_WqJ1R2HMTY3LIx5Q https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6uKrU_WqJ1R2HMTY3LIx5Q Cool Worlds - a lot of 25-35 min very nice astronomy explanations: https://www.youtube.com/c/CoolWorldsLab https://www.youtube.com/c/CoolWorldsLab 'A Universe From Nothing' by Lawrence Krauss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ImvlS8PLIo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ImvlS8PLIo
• ricc 5y ago
  If you’re into guitar and specifically guitar pedals, almost any video by JHS Pedals where he talks about technology and/or history of a specific pedal type or brand/model.
• rajandatta 5y ago
  Some History and Tech topics Fall of Civilizations - multi-hour documentaries on historical events and, well, the fall of civilizations. The one on early Sumer is brilliant. Kings and Generals - brilliant episodes on Military History around the world and big time span. E.g. one in Caesar's Gallic campaigns is brilliant. Code-report - Programming, APL introduction, book workshops on books like SICP.
  • rsj_hn 5y ago
    I really enjoy history civilis! https://www.youtube.com/c/HistoriaCivilis https://www.youtube.com/c/HistoriaCivilis Great animated history videos that really go into a lot of detail and provide useful information, especially ancient Rome.
• bob_neumann 5y ago
  https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL16yXRcZ04IFJaQuQlnRFUUTKYswXu40K https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL16yXRcZ04IFJaQuQlnRFUU... https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL16yXRcZ04IF5T99iStpbCjs_aevBdmD0 https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL16yXRcZ04IF5T99iStpbCj... https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL16yXRcZ04IEZqlddjFac3Gv8Kjv9Gjkz https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL16yXRcZ04IEZqlddjFac3G... https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL16yXRcZ04IGCZ0I9iUXS3okhpLio6U4m https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL16yXRcZ04IGCZ0I9iUXS3o... I love how he explains his thought process and explains the principles that guide decision making. I can watch him for hours.
• newacc9 5y ago
  "What Bitcoin Did", "The Future of Bitcoin" with Nic Carter (7 days old) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yhW5HsuNJs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yhW5HsuNJs When Pubs Briefly Replaced Banks, Patrick Boyle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFIQWWt4UaA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFIQWWt4UaA Why Jurassic Park Looks Better Than Its Sequels https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKALxKbjOaE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKALxKbjOaE Animation Is Under Appreciated https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYUCzG8CgLw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYUCzG8CgLw CASEY NEISTAT: WHAT YOU DON'T SEE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbiJqTBCQuw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbiJqTBCQuw Joe Rogan, when he interviews restauranteurs and hunters
• dTal 5y ago
  Lindsay Ellis does very engaging video essays, mostly critical analysis of mass media: https://www.youtube.com/c/LindsayEllisVids/videos https://www.youtube.com/c/LindsayEllisVids/videos
• superasn 5y ago
  Century of the Self: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ3RzGoQC4s http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ3RzGoQC4s
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• eternaldao 5y ago
  https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFjonLo8gYHIXC35K4Ujrbu6XHchNDCv9 https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFjonLo8gYHIXC35K4Ujrbu6X... The unanswered question series by Leonard bernstein. Great stuff for studying the evolution of western classical music and its parallels with intellectual movements till the rise of 20th century nihilism.