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Wait But Why
Editor:Tim Urban
Language:English, Chinese
Current Status:Online

Wait But Why (WBW) is a website founded by Tim Urban and Andrew Finn and written and illustrated by Urban. The site covers a range of subjects as a long-form blog.[1] Typical posts involve long-form discussions of various topics, including artificial intelligence, outer space, and procrastination, using a combination of prose and rough illustrations.[2] [3] [4]

On May 21, 2014, Urban posted "The Fermi Paradox", a post that became extremely popular.[5] [6] A 2016 Ted Talk by Urban on procrastination, based on concepts from the blog, had garnered over 70 million views by March 2024. A post on the blog about Elon Musk and Neuralink was produced with involvement from Musk himself.[7]

In 2019, Marie Boran of The Irish Times summarized the website as a collection of "lengthy, thoughtful and well-written blog posts", praising them for being an "accessible and entertaining primer on human nature".[8]

In 2023, Urban published What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies, analyzing what Urban sees as the major problems with politics as a whole. The book was endorsed by Elon Musk on Twitter.[9]

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Notes and References

  1. Davis. Noah. How Do You Make a Living, Email Newsletter Writer?. Pacific Standard. 22 December 2015. 30 October 2014.
  2. Web site: Tech nerds are smart. But they can't seem to get their heads around politics. David. Roberts. 27 August 2015. Vox Media. Vox. 4 September 2016.
  3. Grothaus. Michael. The Secrets Of Writing Smart, Long-form Articles That Go Absolutely Viral. 22 December 2015. 5 March 2015. Fast Company.
  4. Web site: The Behavioral Economics Diet: The Science of Killing a Bad Habit. Psychology Today. Eyal. Nir. 10 August 2021. 16 August 2021.
  5. News: The Fermi Paradox - Wait But Why. 2014-05-21. Wait But Why. 2018-03-20. en-US.
  6. Web site: "We're in the climax of a movie": Tim Urban on humanity's wild future. Klein. Ezra. 2020-02-10. Vox. en. 2020-04-25.
  7. Web site: Elon Musk claims robot surgeon will sew electrodes into human brains in 2020. Mashable. Welsh. Caitlin. 17 July 2019. 16 October 2021.
  8. News: Weblog: Wait But Why offers long and thought-provoking reads. The Irish Times. Boran. Marie. 17 September 2019. 16 October 2021.
  9. Web site: Quiggle . Jeffrey . Elon Musk Just Gave This Book a Glowing Endorsement . . October 31, 2023.

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