YouTube for Smart People

The New York Times profiles Big Think, a video startup launching today that bills itself as "a YouTube for ideas." Reel Pop reports.

"The site's organized around meta concepts -- religion, politics, business, etc. -- and displays interviews with accomplished citizens, e.g. John McCain, Richard Branson, Calvin Trillin, etc.

Instead of staid, boring reels, Big Think splices the interviewee responses together to form a pastiche centered on a single question: Who are we, What can we learn from Brutus, why did Sept. 11 happen, and more.

The site uses a novel interviewing method that removes the interviewer (voice and all) from the process, then overlays a peppy soundtrack. Very watchable."

emily | 9:58 PM | video sharing community sites |
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