~ fiction is even more interesting than learning useful things

— point from ❐ What Makes People Engage With Math

  1. yes, math gets elevated from "don't care" to the level of "going to the gym" when you answer the question how is this relevant for me?
  2. ...but people consume fiction even more often than going to the the gym, and some of the most popular videos on 3blue1brown are not relevant at all, but setup as an interesting story