The Ridiculous Engineering of the Most Important Machine: Veritasium [video](www.youtube.com)
6 pointsby b-leea month ago1 comment
  • sylwarea month ago
    In (physical) high-tech engineering, like the blue led, it seems there is a pattern: extremely competent people are going against all their peers and the people in charge (usually the worst).
    • dataviz1000a month ago
      ... That one time they put Galileo’s head on the block.

      Veritasium is storytelling. The stories of the people behind these discoveries—the ones that follow a hero’s arc—are insanely compelling.

      • sylwarea month ago
        Well... there is a pattern...