My YouTube channel has been on an absolute tear. It’s now the 47th most subscribed in the world but more importantly, I’m now only 12 spots behind @TaylorSwift. My North Star is to reach as many brains as possible with the message science doesn’t have to be boring or hard to understand. I’m so freaking grateful for all the support I get from all of you and our small, dedicated team to help make that happen.
LPT: If @MrBeast ever invites you on a 7 day vacation double check it’s not to an abandoned city where you’ll be surviving off canned beans and ZzzQuill.
LONG POST- After the wannabe Baywatch scene in my last video about my pet octopus, I had a good number of people asking what I do for working out. 1) I feel so much of how you build/show muscle is genetics (e.g. If I copied The Rock’s exact workout I will never look like The Rock) so don’t believe the workout programs with 0.1% genetic outliers promising otherwise. 2) I’ve done pushups and situps for 3 minutes before showering nearly everyday of my adult life. It’s a quick, simple habit so engrained now, it feels real unpleasant if have to skip a day. But a few months ago I just started actually working out 2-3x a week at gym to test a theory. Our brains are really good at finding a nice balance between pleasure and suffering. Even if you tried to just live a life of just pleasure it would normalize. This is why drugs stop being great after a while or conversely why nurses can still laugh in a cancer ward. It’s called hedonic adaptation and a really great book called Dopamine Nation dives deep into this topic. So why not proactively seek out the out the suffering moments you’re gonna experience anyways and use them to your advantage?!? That’s the gym for me. But it could also be things like an education, eating at least 1 healthy meal/day, cardio exercise, getting out of your comfort zone for growth or selfless acts as a parent or volunteer when it would be more enjoyable to do what you want to do. It’s a working theory but I’ve found it to be a useful mindset cause while I’m going through the unavoidable suffering I know the activity is benefiting me plus I know my brain owes me some pleasure later to balance things out :)
MIT commencement speech tomorrow 😬. I’m not promising my graduation hat isn’t gonna fly away 400ft into the air at the end :)
NEW VIDEO!! I built 5 robots to beat the 5 most popular arcade games. I also uncovered a few SCAM arcade games with the evidence to prove it!
https://youtu.be/Rsxao9ptdmI
I brought some science with me to truly dominate the hot wings of death. Which was a good idea... in theory.
I started a company that ships monthly toys to kids to teach them to think like engineers and we sold out the inventory that was supposed to last till November in less than week! We’ll have some more in time for the Holidays but for now we’re hiring, so apply if you want to come work with me and my tiny team of 4 people. We need a product designer and a social media producer among others! Apply at www.crunchlabs.com/jobs
HERE WE GO!! 1 of the call centers that we featured (been in operation for a DECADE) is shut down. 15 senior officials arrested. This is just the first battle. We’ve had some encouraging discussions with the @KolkataPolice. This is their moment though. The world is watching.
Met Gala 2022. Fake it till you make it.
PS Certified banger vid dropping this Sat 😬
Former NASA engineer. Current CrunchLabs founder and friend of science.
Answers to some common questions:
1) I make a monthly toy we build together on a video, that gets delivered to your house that teaches you to think like an engineer. Check it out at- crunchlabs.com
2) I studied Mechanical Engineering in School. I did my undergrad at BYU and Masters at USC.
3) I worked for NASA JPL for 9 years, 7 of which were working on the Curiosity Rover (I made a video about it you should def totes watch cause it's probably my favorite of all my videos). Then I made some Halloween costumes. Then I worked for Apple in their Special Projects Group doing Product Design as a Mechanical Engineer for 5 years. Then in 2022 I created CrunchLabs to deliver monthly toys that teach you to think like an engineer.