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Tim Urban
@waitbutwhy
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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
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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.
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    Trung Phan
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    @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
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    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.
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    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.
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    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!
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    Tim Urban
    @waitbutwhy
    Aug 26, 2022
    Imagine what ancient people thought when something like this happened
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    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.
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    Tim Urban
    @waitbutwhy
    Dec 31, 2021
    21 thoughts from 2021 I'd like to take into 2022:
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    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
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    Tim Urban
    @waitbutwhy
    Jun 1, 2022
    It's super important to support marginalized people in places where it's popular to do so