1. What are your take-aways from this video?
Today, many schools are taking their math curriculums and making them fuzzy and non distinct, in essence teaching a math class as a philosophy class is taught. However, Mr. Benjamin offers a legitimate and insightful look into what the future of mathematics could be. And I like it. He says that the ultimate step in math should be probability and statistics, arguing that this is the change that so many want in math for the 21st century without watering down the rigor.
2. What are the speaker's effective speaking techniques?
He makes nerdy math jokes that only the ones who are influential in the field would understand. He speaks quickly and gets his point across without muddling it up with numbers and stories.
3. What is his/her presentation style?
His presentation style is short and sweet. He makes his point, drives it in with common knowledge and then summarizes at the end.
4. What matters from this video? How does it connect to you personally? To education? To the world?
This video offers a unique perspective into what the future of mathematics could look like without watering down the level of rigor for students. He claims that probability is something that matters more to the average high school graduate than calculus. Which is true. I would love to be in a statistics class rather than a calculus class because I think it would apply more to my world. Education should chose which path to take. The world could be a better place with this knowledge under everyone's collective belt.
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