<story><title>Masterclass on mathematical thinking</title><url>https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2022/01/27/masterclass-on-mathematical-thinking/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Graffur</author><text>My first reaction to this blog post was kind of negative because Master Class is not free. I watched the teaser video and it&amp;#x27;s actually pretty inspiring. As someone who has done undergraduate Computer Science level Math, but completely forgotten most things about Math except for simple Algebra, I am going to try this.&lt;p&gt;The cost is €16&amp;#x2F;month which is cheaper than Netflix. I just cancelled my Spotify recently so this is affordable for me right now.&lt;p&gt;EDIT: The problem I see with Master Class as a subcription service is... if you watch Master classes on everything you are getting a broad education rather than a deep dive. I guess it&amp;#x27;s more for entertainment though.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>dfdz</author><text>In case anyone missed the response to a similar comment on the blog:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Terence Tao on 27 January, 2022 at 10:31 am
The production values of the lecture series given by Masterclass would not be possible for me to replicate by myself. (For instance, the film shoot alone involved well over a dozen people, including makeup, prop design, camera and lighting crew, director, editing, etc., in a custom studio with professional-quality recording equipment. The professional scriptwriting services were also very valuable, improving the selection and arrangement of material in ways I would not have thought of.)</text></comment>
<story><title>Masterclass on mathematical thinking</title><url>https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2022/01/27/masterclass-on-mathematical-thinking/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Graffur</author><text>My first reaction to this blog post was kind of negative because Master Class is not free. I watched the teaser video and it&amp;#x27;s actually pretty inspiring. As someone who has done undergraduate Computer Science level Math, but completely forgotten most things about Math except for simple Algebra, I am going to try this.&lt;p&gt;The cost is €16&amp;#x2F;month which is cheaper than Netflix. I just cancelled my Spotify recently so this is affordable for me right now.&lt;p&gt;EDIT: The problem I see with Master Class as a subcription service is... if you watch Master classes on everything you are getting a broad education rather than a deep dive. I guess it&amp;#x27;s more for entertainment though.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>zwieback</author><text>We&amp;#x27;ve had Masterclass for a bit over a year now. It&amp;#x27;s not deep, for sure, not going to replace any kind of study or exercise.&lt;p&gt;However, the production value is not only visually high, it is generally well done so I find myself watching something I might otherwise not be interested in. It&amp;#x27;s not like TED talks, which I often find too showy, too heavy on the presentation.&lt;p&gt;I think Masterclass is a good platform for this kind of thing: get experts to introduce people to watch something they otherwise wouldn&amp;#x27;t.</text></comment>