The Magical Design Hidden in Sports | Smart Nonsense #348

from Smart Nonsense · host Dylan Jardon & Henry Belcaster

Newsletter: https://www.smartnonsense.com/SAT app: https://www.brainblast.com/Hire a video editor: https://www.clipt.co🕘Timestamps:(0:00) Intro(0:34) Dylan's GrubHub credit card hacks(0:58) Why I should cancel my Amex Platinum card(2:58) Winning three championships (I'm kind of a big deal)(3:42) Soccer vs. Hockey shifts: a chaotic debate(4:59) Dylan the "banshee" on the soccer field(7:39) Obsessing over tennis game design(9:06) Tennis scoring is secretly brilliant(11:00) Why football's Hail Mary is peak game design(12:53) KO comebacks and Black Swan KOs(14:50) How hockey fixed its boring overtime(17:01) Are penalty kicks better than shootouts?(17:48) Making our game fairer than the SAT(19:57) Why Desmos's UI/UX is so bad(21:35) The mystery of the "y=x" graph(22:37) My buddy's to-do list app paradoxRecorded June 6, 2025#SmartNonsense #DylanJardon #HenryBelcaster

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