Tim Urban
Writer and illustrator behind Wait But Why, a long-form blog of stick-figure-illustrated explainers on science, technology and society, and author of the book What's Our Problem?
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Wait But WhyBlog His long-form illustrated blog, running since 2013.
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- The sights and sounds of Bhutan 25 Nov 2025
- Tales from Toddlerhood 24 Oct 2025
- All My Thoughts After 40 Hours in the Vision Pro 9 Feb 2024
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- 10 Thoughts from the Fourth Trimester 23 May 2023
- A Short History of My Last Six Years 17 Feb 2023
- Mailbag #2 14 Apr 2021
- The Trump-Biden Debate 30 Sept 2020
- The Big and the Small 22 Sept 2020
- You Won’t Believe My Morning 25 Mar 2020
- It’s 2020 and you’re in the future 2 Jan 2020
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Meta Quest 2 Loved
In 2020, standing around during Covid with my dick in my hand like everyone else, I got myself a Quest 2. It was amazing. I loved it.
waitbutwhy.com 2024-02-09
Moon Pod Uses
But Instagram has gotten pretty good at it and now I own a gravity blanket , a moon pod , stretchy jeans , a great hoodie , and like 19 fidget toys and physics toys and other stupid things that make me happy .
waitbutwhy.com 2021-04-14
Gravity Blanket Uses
But Instagram has gotten pretty good at it and now I own a gravity blanket , a moon pod , stretchy jeans , a great hoodie , and like 19 fidget toys and physics toys and other stupid things that make me happy .
waitbutwhy.com 2021-04-14
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Hardcore History Loved
Currently hooked on Dan Carlin's Hardcore History . 100 people recommended it to me and I kept putting it off and finally listened to the 6-part WWI series and that was that for me.
waitbutwhy.com 2021-04-14