Topic / video

Making a Steinway piano

The year-long process of hand making a Steinway grand piano.

The Abstraction of AI

Essay Architecture

A framework for thinking about writing

Dana Gioia on Writing

An extended interview with Dana Gioia on poetry, opera, writing, and his creative process.

New Space

A documentary film about the new space race

Things Hidden

Things Hidden, a documentary on the life and ideas of Rene Girard.

How Shellac is Made

The weird backstory of a common substance.

Madvillainy's Secret Ingredient

Breaking down one of the greatest albums of all time, track by track.

Nick Pedulla's Roubo Workbench

Nick builds the most beautiful workbench you've ever seen.

Interview with Richard Rhodes, on the Making of the Atomic Bomb

An interview with author Richard Rhodes on the Manhattan Project, nuclear weapons, AI, and more.

Patrick Collison and Sam Altman at Sohn 2023

Patrick Collison interviews OpenAI's Sam Altman at the Sohn 2023 Conference.

The Invisible Barrier Keeping Two Worlds Apart

On the biogeographic boundary between Asia and Oceania, the Wallace Line.

Starship Flight Test

The first flight test of the full-size Starship platform.

Starship Mission to Mars

Inspiring stuff from SpaceX.

37signals Live Design Review

Behind the scenes of a design review process.

Devon Zuegel on Inflation, Argentina, and Crypto

A fascinating look into the effects of decades-long inflation problems in Argentina.

The Spread of Writing

An animated map visualization of the spread of writing through cultures around the world.

Chris Spiek and Ryan Singer on Shape Up

Chris Spiek and Ryan Singer talk about the Shape Up product team process at fintech_devcon.

Steve Jobs on Ideas vs. Products

From an interview with Steve Jobs, on the importance of execution over ideas.

Tools and Craft with Andy Matuschak

The latest episode of Tools and Craft, Devon Zuegel talks with Andy Matuschak.

My Analog Journal’s Jazz from Japan

A new genre of music from a cool YouTube channel.

Making Cast Iron

Lodge's process for making cast iron cookware.

Constitution of Knowledge

An interview with Jonathan Rauch on his new book.

DeFi Explainers

DeFi topic explainer videos, by Finematics.

Hammock-Driven Creativity

On getting out of your normal work environment to spur creative thinking.

Intro to Areography

Areography is 'geography' on Mars. This is a brief lesson in Mars's topography.

The Forest Cube

Building a cube in the forest.

The 1980s Dream of a Free and Borderless Virtual World

Phil Salin, Tim May, and the birth of the cypherpunk movement.

Clyde Stubblefield

The funky drummer, most sampled artist of all time.

Project Natick

Microsoft's Project Natick is deploying datacenters underwater.

Pogačar's Climb

Tadej Pogačar's amazing time trial victory in the 2020 TdF.

Off Grid Cabin

Four guys build a cabin off-the-grid.

Tiago Learns Roam

Tiago Forte and Conor White-Sullivan form a truce to the knowledge management feud, and Tiago's first use of Roam Research.

Talk Notes: Spolsky on Pluralism

Notes from Joel Spolsky's 2016 talk on the History of Management.

Digital Organization with Roam Research

Ali Abdaal's overview of Roam.

The Best of The Blue Train: 2001 L'Alpe d'Huez

The Move podcast look back at classic stages from the US Postal years.

Weekend Reading: Quarantine Talks

A few recent talks I've bookmarked on YouTube.

Wood Whisperer

The Wood Whisperer on YouTube.

Kenji's First Person Cooking

Kenji Lopez-Alt's first-person cooking videos during quarantine.

The Torch of Progress with Tyler Cowen

Video interview with Tyler Cowen on human progress.

War, Revolution, Socialism

Stephen Kotkin looks back on the 1917 Russian Revolution.

Tank!

The Seatbelts play a remote session of the Cowboy Bebop theme.

Stalin, Putin, and the Nature of Power

An interview with Stephen Kotkin on the Artificial Intelligence podcast.

The Revolt of the Public in 10 Minutes

Martin Gurri gives a brief overview of his book.

Live Writing with Jason Fried

An interesting experiment where Jason Fried of Basecamp shows his writing process.

Sönke Ahrens on How to Take Smart Notes

Presentation from Sönke Ahrens on his book 'How to Take Smart Notes'.

Roam I and Roam E

A prototype for enhancements to Roam Research.

The Pseudonymous Economy

@balajis on pseudonymity in media, finance, investment, and more.

David Deutsch on Brexit and Error Correction

On resilience, error correction, Brexit, Karl Popper, and more.

Bill Gates on Coronavirus

Bill Gates interview with TED on coronavirus pandemic.

Funky 4 + 1, 1980

Rare live footage.

The UNIX System

Brian Kernighan, Dennis Ritchie, and Ken Thompson from Bell Labs on UNIX.

The 5 Revolutions in Cancer Treatment

Jonathan Lim on the latest treatments for cancer.

Weekend Reading: Figma's Typography, Xerox Alto, and a Timeline of CoVID

Figma's attention to typographic detail, restoring a Xerox Alto, and mapping the spread of CoVID-19.

Inventing on Principle

Bret Victor's talk from 2012.

Innovator's Dilemma in Video

Clayton Christensen in video format.

The Tech History Playlist

Creating a list of videos on tech history.

Tech in 2020: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

1917

Watching 1917.

Dissolving Realities

Point clouds, photogrammetry, and 3D photography combined for gorgeous visuals.

Daniel Kahneman on AI Podcast

Interview with psychologist Daniel Kahneman.

Some Reflections on Early History by J.C.R. Licklider

JCR Licklider talk from the ACM conference, 1986.

Wernher von Braun and the Moon Landing

Scientist Wernher von Braun explains how we might one day reach the moon.

The Magic of Hong Kong

Cool drone footage above Hong Kong.

Microgravity Will Change How We Make Everything

Using space and microgravity as a new center of manufacturing.

The Mother of All Demos

Doug Engelbart's famous demo.

A Network of Science

Visualizing the interconnected record of 150 years of scientific research.

Checking In On Tool Restoration YouTube

Revisiting videos of restoring antique tools.

Mount Rainier Timelapse

Beautiful footage of Mount Rainier and its surroundings.

The History of Steel

A presentation on the history of steel-making, from the SF progress studies meetup.

4 Amazing Things About Language

Dialect expert Erik Singer and 4 amazing things about languages.

Green Tech Bringing Life Back to the Sea

An Israeli startup building a new kind of marine-safe concrete.

Russ Roberts on Key Economic Concepts for Founders

An interview with EconTalk's Russ Roberts on the Y Combinator podcast.

Adobe Wall Hut

Checking in with Primitive Technology, this time he builds an adobe brick wall.

Kind of Blue 60th Anniversary

Miles Davis's Kind of Blue 60th anniversary.

Steve Jobs in 1981

Steve Jobs on Nightline in 1981.

Growth, Sales, and a New Era of B2B

Martin Casado on growth B2B go-to-market strategy.

Cairo to Cape Town on a Bike

Mark Beaumont's ride 6,700 miles across Africa.

The Bacteria Light of the Future

A startup company is working on light generation using bacterial sources of bioluminescence.

THEMOVE Podcast for the Tour

THEMOVE podcast covers the Tour de France for 2019.

Neuralink

Neuralink's launch event for their brain-computer interface device.

The Thousand Brains Theory of Intelligence

Watch Karl Friston Explain Free Energy

Neuroscientist Karl Friston explaining the free energy principle.

Interview with Naval Ravikant

“Interesting interview with tech investor and founder Naval Ravikant.”

Primitive Technology

Building Stone Age tools and structures with Primitive Technology.

Liverpool's Comeback

Liverpool staged an amazing comeback against Barcelona to head to the Champions League Final.

The Deadly Logistics of Everest

A short video documentary with an overview of the logistics of Mount Everest.

Clippy: The Unauthorized Biography

Steven Sinofsky gives the history of Clippy, Microsoft's original assistant

2,650' Rappel off El Capitan

A climber rappels down El Cap.

Product is Hard

A talk from product management expert Marty Cagan.

David Foster Wallace Interview with Charlie Rose

“An insightful interview with the late David Foster Wallace.”

Intuition, Expertise, and Learning

Psychologist Daniel Kahneman on human bias, decisions, and noise.

Adam Silver at the MIT Sloan Conference

“Great interview with NBA commissioner Adam Silver on a wide range of basketball topics.”

How Google Sets Goals

Video workshop put on by GV's Rick Klau on how Google implements OKRs.

How Investors Think About Ideas

A good overview from YC’s Kevin Hale on how to break down startup ideas.

Keith Rabois on This Week in Startups

An interesting interview with VC and founder Keith Rabois on This Week in Startups.

A Live Experiment in Disassembling a Map

Cartographer Daniel Huffman breaks down how he builds his map designs.

Peter Attia and Zubin Damania Conversation

Interesting conversation between Drs. Peter Attia and Zubin Damania.

Aerial Video for Geography Nerds

Relaxing video content with aerial shots of amazing landscapes.

The Earth in 8K

Mesmerizing 8K footage of the Earth from the air.

The History of the World on One Map

Visualizing all of human history as a time lapse on a map.

Restoring Antique Tools

Videos from 'Black Beard Projects', from a guy that restores old tools, crafts knives, and even does leather work.

Envisioning the Next Fifty Years

“Interesting interview with Bruce Sterling on futurism.”

The Incredible Inventions of Intuitive AI

TED talk on deep learning and generative AI.

This is Water

“A commencement address from David Foster Wallace, 2005.”

The World's Most Remote Buildings

A great mini documentary about some of the most remote structures humans have ever built.

China is Erasing its Border with Hong Kong

“Part of Vox’s ‘Borders’ series, on the China-Hong Kong border.”

Language and Progress

“A conversation with Steven Pinker and John McWhorter on linguistics, and much more.”

Dave Attell & Jeff Ross

“Jeff Ross and Dave Attell on Joe Rogan’s show talking about their new Netflix special.”

Francis Fukuyama on The Origins of Political Order

Fukuyama presentation on the Origins of Political Order.

The End of the Beginning

Benedict Evans's latest talk from the a16z Summit on the state of tech.

Ray Dalio on Career, Market Cycles, China Debt

Ray Dalio interview on Bloomberg's Masters in Business show.

Orbiting the Earth, and Other Zen Videos

Videos to get you relaxed and mesmerized.

Angel Dust

Gil Scott-Heron live.

Gary Neville on Mourinho

“Former United right back calls out the club for wanting to sack Mourinho.”

Technique Critique

“A film dialect coach critiques actors’ renditions of regional accents.”

The Electricity Metaphor

“Jeff Bezos makes a prescient comparison between the early Internet and the early years of electrification.”

How the Economic Machine Works

A concise explanation of an economy.

Simple Made Easy

Rich Hickey on the differences between simple and complex, easy and hard.

Clarity & Simplicity

On clarity and simplicity in communication.

Reflections of a Video Game Maker

Gabe Newell talks about his process in game development.

Software Pricing and SaaS

A fantastic talk from Twilio's Jeff Lawson on SaaS and pricing.

Double Fine: Making Games

Ron Gilbert and Tim Schafer have a conversation about adventure games.