# Compression is Intelligence by 3Blue1Brown

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Compression is Intelligence by 3Blue1Brown and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A free 3Blue1Brown video that uses visuals to explain compression and its link to intelligence, praised as intuitive and worth watching.

## Why people recommend it

- Clear visual explanations of math ideas (2 comments): "it's a YouTube channel that visualizes intriguing math concepts to explain them intuitively" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50126978)) "the illustrations and intuition-building of the compressability of information was so good" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48483788))
- Praised as excellent and worth watching (4 comments): "3Blue1Brown recently posted a video called something like “Compression is Intelligence”. Worth a watch." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49219267)) "Grant Sanderson has an excellent video on the same topic" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49263792)) "You'll find this an interesting watch" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48484268))

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## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Compression is Intelligence by 3Blue1Brown", https://hackerapproved.com/p/compression-is-intelligence/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).