Tim Urban

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@waitbutwhy

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waitbutwhy.com Joined March 2013

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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: waitbutwhy.com/whatsourproblem

waitbutwhy.com What's Our Problem? A Self-Help Book For Societies Available today

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy 17h

METR @METR_Evals 5d

Since August, a team within METR has worked with internal Anthropic information to assess whether AI itself is accelerating AI development.

We are now publishing a report summarizing the results of this risk assessment.
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Tim Urban @waitbutwhy Oct 16

The advanced aliens observing us are like “wait that was actually really cool”

Edmunds Verified account @edmunds Oct 16

The Tesla Roadster is real and it can fly and it looks incredible in person

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Tim Urban @waitbutwhy Oct 13

Purchased last year at Art of Play. The bird was too expensive.

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Tim Urban @waitbutwhy Oct 10

Every day I sit down at my desk and stare into the same massive Word document to work on my book, this old Yiddish folk song ends up stuck in my head