Q&A With Grey: 500,000 Subscribers Edition

TL;DR

The creator of educational videos thanks his 500,000 subscribers and answers questions about his videos, educational background, favorite video, changes to the education system, and more.

Transcript

Hello Internet, Here we are: 500,000 subscribers -- well, actually... by the time I finished this video it's a bit more than that -- but who knew that after I promised to do a Q&A that the pope would resign? Anyway... When I uploaded my first explanation video just over two years ago now, I would never have expented this: over half a million subscr... Read More

Key Insights

• 💍 The creator's favorite element is Tungsten because his wedding ring is made of it.
• 🥰 The creator's logo represents his love for science and technology.
• 🥶 The creator spends his free time on Reddit.
• 🥳 The creator believes that the US election system is one of the worst, making it difficult for third parties to gain ground.
• 🙏 Immortality technology is one technology the creator wishes to see before they die.
• 👶 The more the creator writes and programs, the more ideas they have for new videos.
• 🫵 The creator believes that videos should be interesting to attract viewers, and social media and collaborations are secondary.
• 😘 The creator finds the process by which trees get water from their roots to their leaves mind-blowing.
• 👨‍🔬 The creator primarily researches on their own but seeks experts' input when necessary.
• 🧠 The creator's favorite internal organ is the brain because it represents who they are.
• 🤗 The creator is open to being proven wrong about the current interpretations of the ultimate fate of the universe.
• 😃 The creator believes that science should play a bigger role in politics.

Questions & Answers

Q: What is the creator's educational background?

The creator attended school in New York, earning college degrees in physics and sociology. Later, he moved to London, earned a PGCE in Science Education, and became a qualified physics teacher in England.

Q: How long does it take to create a video?

Each minute of the final video takes the creator between 10 and 20 hours of writing and animating. A typical 5-minute video is 50 to 100 hours of work, excluding the research phase.

Q: What change would the creator make to the education system?

The creator suggests grouping kids by ability instead of age, as it artificially slows down the best and brightest. No other part of human society organizes itself this way.

Q: What subjects should be added to the curriculum?

The creator believes that computer programming should be included in the curriculum. Foreign language classes could be removed to make room, as computer programming is getting closer to a universal translator.

Summary & Key Takeaways

• The creator has over half a million subscribers and 16 videos with over a million views.

• It takes the creator between 10 and 20 hours to create each minute of final video, excluding the research phase.

• The creator's favorite video to make was in 2012, where he didn't have to do complicated research and got to complain about things he doesn't like.