Tim Urban is the writer/illustrator and co-founder of Wait But Why, a long-form, stick-figure-illustrated website with over 600,000 subscribers and a monthly average of half a million visitors. He has produced dozens of viral articles on a wide range of topics, from artificial intelligence to social anxiety to humans becoming a multi-planetary species. Tim’s 2016 TED main stage talk is the third most-watched TED talk in history with 66 million views. In 2023, Tim published his bestselling book What’s Our Problem? A Self Help Book for Societies.
In Today's Episode with Tim Urban We Discuss:
1. The Founding of Wait by Why:
2. Wait But Why: The Scaling Journey to 600,000 Subs:
3. Topic Selection: Choosing What To Write:
4. The Writing Process:
5. The Distribution Process:
6. AI: Super-Intelligence and The Future:
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Tim Urban is the writer/illustrator and co-founder of Wait But Why, a long-form, stick-figure-illustrated website with over 600,000 subscribers and a monthly average of half a million visitors. He has produced dozens of viral articles on a wide range of topics, from artificial intelligence to social anxiety to humans becoming a multi-planetary species. Tim’s 2016 TED main stage talk is the third most-watched TED talk in history with 66 million views. In 2023, Tim published his bestselling book What’s Our Problem? A Self Help Book for Societies.
In Today's Episode with Tim Urban We Discuss:
1. The Founding of Wait by Why:
2. Wait But Why: The Scaling Journey to 600,000 Subs:
3. Topic Selection: Choosing What To Write:
4. The Writing Process:
5. The Distribution Process:
6. AI: Super-Intelligence and The Future:
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