250 Subscribers - Our Quest & A Thank You Message

Dear Fellow Scholars, we have just reached 250 subscribers on the channel. So far, the reception of these videos have been overwhelmingly positive. I'll show you some of these comments on the screen in the meantime. 250 subscribers. This is probably not much compared to even mid-size YouTubers, but it means so much to me. It means that there are 250 people, somewhere around the world waiting for new videos to come up. This is insane! If you think about it even one subscriber is insane. Even one click from somewhere is mind-blowing! Imagine that someone who you have never met, somewhere on the face of earth. Perhaps in Peru. Somewhere in the United States or maybe in the middle of Africa is excited for your work and just waiting for you to say something. There are millions of other videos they could watch, but they devote their time to listening to you. And now multiply this by 250. I am just sitting here in disbelief. As a computer engineer I've been working with computers and network algorithms for a long time but I still find this mind-blowing. I can just record the lectures that I hold at the University and thousands of people can watch it at any time, even while I'm asleep at night. I can teach people while I am asleep at night! We have over a thousand views on my first lecture which is possibly more people than I will ever reach through the university seminar rows. So for all 250 of you and everyone who has ever watched any of these videos, thank you very much for watching and subscribing. I have created two minute papers to show you the best of what research can offer and what your hard-earned tax money is spent on. Because that's the thing: every single country I've been to, researchers are complaining about the lack of funding, and rightfully so, because most of them can't secure the funds to continue their work. But let's try to turn the argument around. Funding comes from your tax money, and 99. 9% of the case you have no idea what your money's spent on. There are lots of incredible works published every single day of the year but the people don't know anything about them. No one is stepping up to explain what your money is spent on, and I am sure that people would be happy to spend more on research if they know what they invest in. Two Minute Papers is here to celebrate the genius of the best and most beautiful research results. I will be trying my best to explain all of these works so that everyone is able to understand them. It's not only for experts, it's definitely for everyone, so thank you for all of you thanks for hanging in there and please, spread the word. Let your friends know about the show so even more of us can marvel at these beautiful works. And until then I'll see you next time!