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Tim Urban

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Tim Urban

@waitbutwhy

Writer, infant

Joined March 2013

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Tim Urban
@waitbutwhy
Feb 21, 2023
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:
What's Our Problem? A Self-Help Book For Societies
From waitbutwhy.com
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Tim Urban
@waitbutwhy
Sep 19, 2024
Graphic designers now just open a blank document, make the font size 80, type the company name, and that’s the logo.
Trung Phan
@TrungTPhan
Sep 19, 2024
PayPal’s bland logo redesign was inevitable
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Tim Urban
@waitbutwhy
Dec 6, 2024
Daily reminder to be thankful there's no one above us in the food chain
Massimo
@Rainmaker1973
Dec 5, 2024
How many fish can a duck eat in 90 second? x.com/i/status/18647…
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Tim Urban
@waitbutwhy
Nov 21, 2022
In case Twitter is making you anxious, here’s a man making a traditional teapot. [tiktok: zishacraftsman]
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Tim Urban
@waitbutwhy
Jul 20, 2022
Population density thread because you and I both know you have nothing better to do. Let's start with this cool way to visualize population density, by @undertheraedar. The height of each spike displays the population density in that location.
Tim Urban
@waitbutwhy
Jan 1, 2025
Good day to remember just how big that green tree is
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Tim Urban
@waitbutwhy
Mar 5, 2021
We think a lot about those black lines, forgetting that it’s all still in our hands.
Tim Urban
@waitbutwhy
Apr 29, 2022
Everything we call civilization was invented in the last 500 generations—way too short a time for our bodies and brains to re-optimize. We're a bunch of primates in a totally unnatural environment, trying our best. Good thing to keep in mind!
Tim Urban
@waitbutwhy
Aug 26, 2022
Imagine what ancient people thought when something like this happened
Tim Urban
@waitbutwhy
Feb 12, 2025
I still cannot believe that I can: - look at a world map and tap anywhere to zoom in at street level - instantly access any song, book, movie, tv show, or podcast ever made - have any conceivable question and get an immediate answer or video explanation - take a photo or
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Tim Urban
@waitbutwhy
May 24, 2022
“If you only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier than other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.” Montesquieu said this 300 years ago. We’re still working on this one.
Tim Urban
@waitbutwhy
Dec 31, 2021
21 thoughts from 2021 I'd like to take into 2022:
Tim Urban
@waitbutwhy
Oct 30, 2022
Pro tip: When you wake up in the middle of the night, the worst way to fall back asleep is to open Twitter
Tim Urban
@waitbutwhy
Jun 1, 2022
It's super important to support marginalized people in places where it's popular to do so