11 YouTube Channels That Will Make You Smart, Really Smart
2017. We have more stuff to watch now than we can ever watch in a lifetime. Torrent, streaming services, and Jio have helped usher a new trend called binge-watching where you can’t stop watching a TV show until you watch each episode of all 20 seasons. This blends nicely with another popular trend in Indian engineering colleges: unemployment.
We have high-speed internet connections, supercomputers in our pockets and what do we use them for? Binge-watching. Evolution surely took a misstep. Time is precious. There’s only so much you could do in a lifetime.
I have compiled a list of 11 YouTube channels that will make you smart, really smart.
1.The School of Life: If you’re having an existential crisis or you are curious enough to ask the bigger questions of life then this is the channel for you. From analyzing works of philosophers to answering questions like “why clothes matter?”–– they do it all.
Also, their animation game is 🔥.
Channel link: https://www.youtube.com/schooloflifechannel
2. Vox: Sometimes they deconstruct Kanye’s music and sometimes they teach us Beard Economics like it’s more serious than climate change. They also make thought-provoking, unbiased(?) political videos with top-notch production quality.
Channel link: https://www.youtube.com/voxdotcom
3. Veritasium: The man behind this great channel Veritasium is Dr. Derek Muller, a physicist who loves to talk about some of the most amazing scientific phenomena behind very simple things in the world.
I never realized how round could an object be until I saw Derek showing off the world’s roundest object (football is now my second favourite round object).
Channel link: https://www.youtube.com/1veritasium
4. ColdFusion: It’s 2017 and we are supposed to be technologically advanced. Well, this channel can solve your problem. Detailed explanatory videos with top-notch production and music make this channel stand out. ColdFusion is origin stories of some of the world’s biggest tech companies, future technologies, and everything in between.
Channel link: https://www.youtube.com/user/coldfustion
5. Great Big Story: A video network dedicated to the untold, overlooked & flat-out amazing. Humans are capable of incredible things and Great Big Story celebrates people’s achievements. Get inspired, learn how people do things, and cheer up every time you see a notification pop up from GBS.
Channel link: https://tinyurl.com/j55c4tj
6. Wisecrack: They explore cool topics in an unusual and fun way. If you combine pop culture, comedy, School of Life, dark humor, and everything nice–you get Wisecrack. They have four shows — Wisecrack Edition, Earthling Cinema, 8-Bit Philosophy, and Thug Notes and all four of them are frigging brilliant.
Channel link: https://www.youtube.com/user/thugnotes
7. Kurzgesagt — In a Nutshell: Videos explaining things(mostly scientific) with optimistic nihilism. If you ever sit alone(you do) and think about things like “Do robots deserve rights if they become conscious?” or “What if I had a Black Hole in my pocket?” then you are in the right place. Their animations are orgasmic and you just won’t get enough of it.
Channel link: https://www.youtube.com/user/Kurzgesagt/videos
8. Vsauce: Since debuting in 2010, VSauce has gained more than 10 million followers. Creator and host Michael Stevens fields seemingly rhetorical questions — like “What if everyone jumped at once?” or the above “What if the Sun disappeared?” — and answers them with wonder and thought-provoking detail.
Channel link: https://www.youtube.com/user/Vsauce
9. CrashCourse: The breakneck pace and whip-smart humor of Crash Course’s videos may necessitate a second viewing if only to pick up on the jokes and movie references you might have missed. Learn psychology, history, computer science with these short crash courses that are entertaining as well.
Channel link: https://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse/
10. Film Riot: Film Riot explores the art of filmmaking in a way you’ve never seen. Filmmaking is so much more than just a camera and a script. Learn about the most engaging medium of storytelling from how to make great effects to following Triune Films through production.
Channel link: https://www.youtube.com/user/filmriot
11. TED: No YouTube list is complete without mentioning TED Talks. TED is devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less). Go get inspired by the world’s most successful people on the TED stage.
Channel link: https://www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksDirector
Other channels I absolutely love but didn’t think everyone would appreciate :
