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Tim Urban
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My book What's Our Problem? is now available. The book introduces a new framework for thinking about our chaotic political environment. With 303 drawings, it's a toolbox for understanding our societies, our group dynamics, and our own minds. Get it here:
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Someone once introduced me and Curtis at a conference. I said I was working on a book about political polarization, at which point he cut me off and went on a (not exaggerating) 30-minute monologue. At some point I walked away and I'm not sure he even noticed.
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guess that meeting didn't go too well
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I will say I started doing this one with the toddler recently and it’s utterly fantastic .
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I have no fewer than 30 baby books stone cold memorized. Those brain cells used to be free to work on other things and now they’re all in inane prison.
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My whole world just came undone.
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I wanted to confirm for myself if this was real, so I ordered a version from 1967 to compare to the one we received at my baby shower. Oh, it’s real alright. Crazy 🫢
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RT @So8res: Tim Urban (of Wait But Why) and I are gonna have a little chat about AI with a live audience Q&A on August 10th, for folks who….
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RT @MIRIBerkeley: We're hosting two virtual events, open to everyone who pre-orders the book:. 1. A chat and Q&A with @So8res and special g….
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RT @Rainmaker1973: Fun fact. Modern humans first appeared about 250,000 years ago, but record keeping didn't began until about 6,000 years….
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It’s kind of funny that this serious man made something so silly.
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Pablo Picasso in his studio, Paris, 1944.
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This is going to be my downfall. Every other sentence on Wait But Why has an em dash.
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John Carmack
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I like em dashes, and I hate that some people now take them as evidence of text being AI generated.
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Gotta love X
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That’s fine I’ll just go up to the Arctic when I’m thirsty and eat snow off the ground directly with my face. Would that work?.
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Glass bottles found to have five to 50 times as many microplastics as plastic bottles in shocking new study
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Same.
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AI cannot make me break up with the em dash. Our love is just too strong.
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We need to discuss gamma-ray bursts. The most insane things in the universe. When the biggest stars die, their core collapses to form a black hole. At the moment the black hole is born, a jet of high-energy radiation can shoot out like a laser, called a gamma-ray burst. Just
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RT @ConvoswColeman: Tim Urban has a rare gift: He makes complicated ideas feel simple—and essential. @Coldxman talks with the @WaitButWhy f….
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Tim Urban
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I was just looking up at what age do kids stop needing a daily nap, and then I thought about how funny it is that the answer in Spain is "never.".
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Tim Urban
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Don't knock it till you've tried it. @AltworkStations
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gfodor.id
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what have we done
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I just went to open Chrome on my comp and accidentally clicked the Firefox button. Firefox opened and was like "Oh my god hi! It's been so long we have so much to talk about!" and then I closed it, and now I feel bad.
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Tim Urban
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The AI apocalypse is kind of worth it for these videos.
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Gina Acosta
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AI-generated ASMR is exploding online. Viewers say it sounds so realistic, they play it on repeat — and channels are gaining thousands of followers from just a few fully AI-made videos. 10 wild examples so far:. 1. Glass Breakfast Cutting
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Thanks @Apple for unilaterally deciding my texted “WOW” should expand and contract like a balloon, but I’m good.
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A friend of mine whose brother is in the league told me that there are two types of MLB owners: those actually trying to win, and those treating the team like any other business asset (in which case it makes more financial sense to have a lower payroll). The Red Sox are unusual
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