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Curious which video caused you to dump vertasium? Other than click-bait titles and thumbnails, the production and information presented seems first class.

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When he stopped presenting them live, and switched to animation with voice over. The change was likely made to be able to pump them out faster, and there was a definite drop in quality that came along with the change.

That’s likely due to the fact that Veritasium has PE investment now.

https://www.electrify.video/post/electrify-completes-majorit...

https://youtu.be/hJ-rRXWhElI?si=UVbFVwH9h9HQw3L2

Is there anything PE can't make worse ?

The animations seem appropriate for teaching the content and actually seem like more effort than just talking into a camera.

But I agree there has been a drop in quality with the growth of his team.

The animations replaced practical demonstrations. They did allow the channel to explore more topics, things that couldn't be done practically, but I think overall it was a net-loss.

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