Tim Urban

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@Sxchin_ 3 weeks — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

Like I was just learning about a ship arriving in medieval Norway from England that brought the Black Death to Norway and killed half the population in 6 months. And I was like “No! Don’t let the ship dock!” But then I realized that that ship literally saved my life. Dock away! — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@BillyM2k You can also apply it forward to make yourself feel better when you make some epic mistake. I like to recall that Zen master “we’ll see” story in those moments (but not in the good moments). — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

Reading about history is weird. On one hand it’s like “holy fuck everything was so terrible and scary and unfair.” But also—if any of it had gone any differently I wouldn’t exist. The only world I could have lived in is one where those exact terrible things all happened. Ya know? — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

It’s like a restaurant chain announcing they’re taking the bold step of creating a subset of their franchises where the chefs wouldn’t put any poison in the food at all. Again, I’m happy UNC is doing it—it’s just so insane that things have gotten to this point In the first place. — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

I’m happy UNC is doing this. But as I read these lines I kept hearing Chris Rock in my head yelling “want a cookie??” https://t.co/pfXDKWxcc3 — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

"Don't hate the player. Change the game." @Liv_Boeree's Moloch videos nail the problem so well. https://t.co/BiZwYmeVKx — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

If you wanted an audiobook and it were available on all of these platforms, you'd probably get it from: — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@ZvonimirFras @BoredElonMusk Sitting in the same shitty chair hunched over toward the mic for 45 hours — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

I need to take a class taught by this particular conch — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@BoredElonMusk Throat is okay. Back is killing me. — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

45 hours of recording later, the (14-hour) audiobook is done. Actually really legitimately getting close now. — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

India really made a mess of things — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@AJamesMcCarthy So much hydrogen — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

It seems especially unpleasant to be married to Teddy — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@AJamesMcCarthy I'm impressed by your photos, but I'm just as impressed by your ability to have dealt with whatever massive ickiness there must be between "I'd like to take photos of space" and "I have the equipment and understanding to take photos of space." — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

"It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer." –Einstein Why was Einstein so adorable. — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@JesseAbraham wild guesses for the top 3: lebron 13 kobe/kareem 11 — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

Pretty funny picturing the trainers in this session trying to train Jordan Peterson — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@SarahTheHaider What an angry person — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@NahmiasE You can always compete against Morgan, who posts his daily times https://t.co/MfeDN35A87 — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

My crossword puzzle goal is to do each puzzle in less than double the time of my friend Morgan. I did last Thursday in 17:41. Here he is trying to finish in under 8:51. — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

RT @waitbutwhy: 22 tweets from 2022 that might blow your mind: Let's start with what a water droplet looks like at 6,000fps. [nac Image T… — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

Italy is kind of Europe's India — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@dawallach K but actually — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@Aella_Girl Prep the big concepts but don’t memorize Use slides for humor and for structure Watch the talk before yours to remind yourself how boring most talks are, it’ll give you confidence 1-2 shots 15 min before going on Be your silly self on stage and people will be delighted — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

Let kids choose the books they read more often Involve more creative writing When they do have all the kids read a classic together, don’t ruin the book with endless class discussions about motifs and symbolism. Make it more like an adult’s book club. — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

I also graduated thinking science and history were boring (my two favorite things today). — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

I read like 75 books in English classes throughout my childhood and I disliked almost all of them. Not because they were bad books but because English class ruins books. School sucks so much more than it has to. — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@Noahpinion My favorite Chinese ban is the Winnie the Pooh ban because people were saying he looked like Xi. — PolitiTweet.org