Podcasts about what's our problem

Is the political left and right position changing regularly? For many years now, I have been getting more and more uneasy when pundits and journalists use the “left/right” dichotomy. In my lifetime, I have observed numerous political topics that were once at the core of “left” politics that suddenly are named “right” and vice versa. I then came across the book with the very name “The Myth of Left and Right” and it is a terrific read. So I was very excited that one of the authors, Hyrum Lewis agreed to a conversation. Hyrum Lewis is a professor of history at BYU-Idaho and was previously a visiting scholar at Stanford University. He received a PhD from the University of Southern California and has written for the Wall Street Journal, Quillette, RealClearPolitics, The Washington Examiner, and other national publications. His most recent book, The Myth of Left and Right (co-authored with Verlan Lewis) was published by Oxford University Press in 2023. Moreover, this episode fits very nicely with the previous episode with Prof. Möllers on liberalism, so if you are a German speaker, please check this one out as well. Political realities do not map to a single variable or descriptor—there is no such thing as a political monism. Are “left” and “right” just post-hoc narratives where we try to construct ideologies that are not actually there? We observe a regular flip-flopping in history; what are prominent examples? “There is no left and right; there are just two tribes, and what these tribes believe and stand for will change quite radically over time since there is no philosophical core uniting the tribe.” I, personally, have a profound problem with the term “progressive”, but more generally, what do these terms even mean: progressivism, conservatism, reactionary, liberal?  “It is a loaded and self-serving term […] what is considered progressive changes from day to day.” “If you don't agree with every policy we believe in […] then you are obviously on the wrong side of history. You are standing against progress.” So, are left and right not a philosophy but rather a tribe?  Is the definition of conservatism maybe easier? There is a nice brief definition: "Conservatism is democracy of the deceased,” Roger Scruton makes the astute observation that there are so many more ways to screw up and so little ways to do right. But does this help in practice?  “Every person on that planet wants to conserve things that are good and change things that are bad. We are all progressive, and we are all conservative. We just don't agree on what is good and what is bad.” What are examples where positions are unclear or change over time. “In 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt visited Yosemite and was guided by naturalist John Muir. The two men spent three memorable nights camping, first under the outstretched arms of the Grizzly Giant in the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias, then in a snowstorm atop five feet of snow near Sentinel Dome, and finally in a meadow near the base of Bridalveil Fall. Their conversations and shared joy with the beauty and magnificence of Yosemite led Roosevelt to expand federal protection of Yosemite, and it inspired him to sign into existence five national parks, 18 national monuments, 55 national bird sanctuaries and wildlife refuges, and 150 national forests.”, Roosevelt, Muir, and the Grace of Place (NPR) Teddy Roosevelt was a Republican. And here again, a “hiccup”: even though Teddy Roosevelt was a Republican, he called himself a progressive. In reality, though, if you see someone on the street in a mask, you can predict with high certainty the other political assumptions of this person. How come? Is there now an underlying disposition, or is there not? Or is it much more a phenomenon of tribal or social conformity? Is the left-right model, at least, useful? What can we learn from past US presidents such as Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush in that regard? Is the political discourse at least more reasonable at universities and among “elites”? Or maybe even more troubled and more conforming to their very tribe? If “normal” people are in general “moderate” on important topics (like abortion), why do major political parties play for the few on the extreme ends of the opinion spectrum? More generally, some educated people describe themselves as “moderate” or “centrist.” Does this even mean anything, and would it be desirable? What about “realism” vs. “utopianism”? “Both status quo conservatives and progressive technocrats share a common element: the hostility to open-ended change, guided not by planners but by millions of experiments and trial and error. For both, the goal is stasis, it's just that one group finds it in the past, the other one in the future.”, Virginia Postrel  A lot of these errors are made under the more elementary mistake that we can know, predict, or foresee the future, especially when we take actions. What can we learn from Phil Tetlock and Dan Gardners forecasting studies? “To be a true progressive, you cannot be a progressive” “Our media does not reward granular, careful, and probabilistic analysis.” So, is it not more significant to distinguish between authoritarian and non-authoritarian politicians or political methods? But can we be optimistic about the future when non-tribal podcasters like Joe Rogan or Coleman Hughes have audiences that are larger than most legacy media outlets combined? Is democracy over time the best way to deal with complex situations and challenges? Is there a value in slowness, and are we not just too impatient? References Other Episodes Episode 88: Liberalismus und Freiheitsgrade, ein Gespräch mit Prof. Christoph Möllers Episode 84: (Epistemische) Krisen? Ein Gespräch mit Jan David Zimmermann Episode 80: Wissen, Expertise und Prognose, eine Reflexion Episode 57: Konservativ UND Progressiv Hyrum Lewis Hyrum Lewis at BYU-Idaho Hyrum Lewis, Verlan Lewis, The Myth of Left and Right, Oxford University Press (2022) Hyrum Lewis, It's Time to Retire the Political Spectrum, Quillette (2017) Hyrum Lews Blog Other References Roger Scruton, How to be a conservative, Bloomsbury Continuum (2019) Johan Norberg, Open: The Story of Human Progress, Atlantic Books (2021) Karl Popper, The Poverty of Historicism, Routledge Classic Phil Tetlock, Dan Gardner, Superforecasting, Cornerstone Digital (2015) Tim Urban, What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies (2023) Nicholas Carr, The Shallows, Atlantic Books (2020) Roosevelt, Muir, and the Grace of Place Joe Rogan Podcast Coleman Hughes Podcast

"Why do we need enlightenment in the first place?" - Tim Urban. Isra Garcia interviews Tim Urban about self-help for societies, seeing the big picture for solving our cultural problems, fixing the value crisis and overcoming the resistance and the ego, leaving aside the so dangerous survival mode, what he has learned from living six months with Elon Musk, most significant takeaways from writing and building one of the most successful blogs that today still thrives more than some media companies, productivity and procrastination hacks, life advice, building lifestyle hacking systems, and some other little treasures. "I'm just a human looking for the truth" - Tim Urban. "I am always doing a game with me to come up with systems that help me to achieve things" - Tim Urban. Tim Urban leads one of the most successful blogs on the Internet, Wait But Why; Tim also has one of the most well-known and popular TED talks about productivity and procrastination. Tim was invited by Elon Musk - a big fan of his blog - to spend six months with him on SpaceX and Tesla. Tim Urban is also acknowledged for his domain on writing, productivity, handling procrastination, building games for playing with systems and being creative. "All your values fall because you are in primitive survival mode" - Tim Urban. Index of contents - and what you will learn in this episode A previous notice about an unexpected ending. Intro. What is our problem? - and Tim's recipe for that. The most surprising thing Tim Urban discovered while writing his last book. Ego vs Value Crisis. Where and how Tim Urban finds daily wisdom. Biggest learning about writing his previous book, What is Our Problem. How bias changes when you sit to write a book about how biased we are. Learning from writing two posts a week for more than ten years. How Tim Urban sees blogs nowadays, and not only to keep them alive but to live too. Best practices from blogging from a master blogger. And best practices for writing a book. A review and update to his famous TED talk about procrastination and productivity. What impressed Tim Urban the most about living with Elon Musk for six months was his biggest takeaway. Best productivity hacks for Tim Urban's daily life. "If you learn from experience, you get wise and know the right thing to do" - Tim Urban. Podcast show notes, resources and more Wait But Why - blog. Tim Urban TED Talk: Inside the Mind of a Procrastinator. Wait But Why Year One - book. The Story of Us - book. What's Our Problem - book. The Elon Musk blog series. "If you have something to say, sitting down and writing your thoughts is going to be the best thing" - Tim Urban.

Entre 2013 et 2016, Tim Urban est devenu l'un des blogueurs les plus populaires au monde. Son blog "Wait But Why", comporte des dizaines d'articles longs et viraux sur des sujets variés comme l'intelligence artificielle, la colonisation de Mars ou la procrastination. Après six ans, il a publié le livre "What's Our Problem?", une analyse profonde et étendue des temps modernes, comprenant des concepts originaux, des métaphores marquantes et 300 illustrations. Ce livre propose un nouveau cadre et langage pour aborder le monde complexe d'aujourd'hui, avec un axe vertical explorant notre manière de penser individuellement et en groupe, remettant en question l'axe politique horizontal classique gauche-centre-droite.

Yascha Mounk and Tim Urban discuss making better choices, managing human foibles, and distilling big ideas into clear words. Tim Urban is a writer and author of the blog Wait But Why. He is the author of What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies.  In this week's conversation, Yascha Mounk and Tim Urban discuss how to develop strong productive habits; the human tendency towards “chronocentrism”; as well as how American society has become troubled and why finding real solutions will require courage. This transcript has been condensed and lightly edited for clarity. Please do listen and spread the word about The Good Fight. If you have not yet signed up for our podcast, please do so now by following this link on your phone. Email: podcast@persuasion.community  Website: http://www.persuasion.community Podcast production by Jack Shields, and Brendan Ruberry Connect with us! Spotify | Apple | Google Twitter: @Yascha_Mounk & @joinpersuasion Youtube: Yascha Mounk LinkedIn: Persuasion Community Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Author, blogger, and cartoonist Tim Urban of WaitButWhy.com helps us dissect what's causing the political, social, and tribal dysfunction in our society with the help of golems, genies, the thought ladder, and the speech curve. Check out Tim's new book, What's Our Problem? Get early access to ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more by supporting Labyrinths on patreon. www.patreon.com/knoxrobinson www.knoxrobinson.com Twitter: @amandaknox | @manunderbridge IG: @amamaknox | @emceecarbon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Wait But Why's Tim Urban helps us find ways to cope with the chaos of current events in his new book, What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies. What We Discuss with Tim Urban: Why we're so polarized and partisan in our political beliefs — seemingly more than ever before. How low-rung thinking prevails on both sides of the political aisle (and what we can do to ascend to higher-rung thinking). The perspective we can gain if we imagine the history of humanity as a 1,000-page book. How the internet went from a unifying force of human connection to a division-sowing outrage generator. Why we should strive to build our own "idea lab" instead of comfortably hunkering down in a tribally sponsored, anger-generating echo chamber. And much more... Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/892 This Episode Is Brought To You By Our Fine Sponsors: jordanharbinger.com/deals Sign up for Six-Minute Networking — our free networking and relationship development mini course — at jordanharbinger.com/course! Like this show? Please leave us a review here — even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally!

06.09.23 Pt 2 - US-based Tim Urban has been writing stick-figure-illustrated posts on his blog Wait But Why since 2013. He has a creative and unique way of seeing the world, and all its issues, and he chats to Gareth about his first book, simply called What's our Problem? www.cliffcentral.com

Tim Urban is a blogger who writes about a wide range of topics, from science and technology to psychology and philosophy. He is known for creating minimalist stick-figure illustrations to help explain complex concepts in a simple way. His musings are collected on his website, ‘Wait But Why', and featured in his newly-released book, ‘What's Our Problem? A Self-Help Book for Societies' - available here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BVGH6T1Q/ Join our exclusive TRIGGERnometry community on Locals! https://triggernometry.locals.com/ OR Support TRIGGERnometry Here: Bitcoin: bc1qm6vvhduc6s3rvy8u76sllmrfpynfv94qw8p8d5 Music by: Music by: Xentric | info@xentricapc.com | https://www.xentricapc.com/ YouTube:  @xentricapc   Buy Merch Here: https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/shop/ Advertise on TRIGGERnometry: marketing@triggerpod.co.uk Join the Mailing List: https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/sign-up/ Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media:  https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod/ https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod/ About TRIGGERnometry:  Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@francisjfoster) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. 00:00 Intro  01:18 Tim Urban's Background 02:51 What's Causing All the Division? 06:34 The Largest Contributor to Tribalism  12:15 The Population's Exposure to Information 15:30 Biological Aspects to Tribalism 19:42 When Will We Need to Take Responsibility for How We Act? 23:14 Tim's Optimism for the Future of Social Media  28:15 What is Elon's Vision For Twitter? 31:09 Elon Musk's Power to Disrupt 41:11 Sponsor Message: easyDNS 42:16 How To Live & Take Greater Risks 45:17 Overcoming The Fear of Embarrassment 51:48 The Reality of Our Agency & How Much Time We Have Left 55:39 What's the One Thing We're Not Talking About?

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: What was the a-ha moment for Tim that Wait but Why should be his life's work and sole focus? What does Tim know now that he wishes he had known when he started? What does Tim believe he is running away from? Why is he so fearful of constraints? 2. Wait But Why: The Scaling Journey to 600,000 Subs: What was the first piece to really go viral? How did that change the trajectory? What single piece is Tim most proud of? What piece is he least proud of? What has been the hardest element of scaling Wait But Why? What was the most surprising and unexpected elements of Wait But Why's scaling? 3. Topic Selection: Choosing What To Write: What does the process look like for Tim when deciding what topic to write about? How does Tim know what his audience will want to hear about vs what they will not? What topics has Tim thought would be interesting but post initial research, are not? 4. The Writing Process: How does Tim approach the writing process? How has his changed over time? What mechanisms does Tim put in place to avoid writers block? What are some of Tim's biggest tips to aspiring writers and authors? 5. The Distribution Process: How does Tim approach distributing the content once produced? What works? What does not? Why did Tim choose newsletter, Twitter and Instagram as his channels of choice? How important has the newsletter been to the growth of the business? 6. AI: Super-Intelligence and The Future: On reviewing his pieces on AI back in 2015, what does he believe he got right? What would he change with the benefit of hindsight? Is Tim more or less positive looking forward at AI proliferating through all of society? What is Tim most concerned about in the world right now?

Read the full transcript here. What's wrong with society? And what can we do to fix it? Centuries ago, a person's grandparents lived in a world that was basically identical to that person's world; but what are the implications of living in a time when the rate of technological change is such that our grandparents' world was almost nothing like ours, and ours will be almost nothing like our grandchildren's? How do Tim's concepts of the "primitive mind" and the "higher mind" map onto System 1 and System 2 thinking types? What thinking styles exist along the spectrum from primitive mind to higher mind? Why are there either lots of Nazis or virtually none at all? Are there more "golems" or "genies" in the world right now? Are the American political left and right wings just equal but opposite groups, or are there significant asymmetries between them? How does social justice activism differ from "wokeness"? What is "idea supremacy"? Does liberalism need to be destroyed and rebuilt from scratch (perhaps as something else entirely) or merely repaired and revamped? Is illiberalism the biggest threat facing the world right now — bigger even than AI, climate change, etc.?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 67 million views. In 2023, Tim published his bestselling book What's Our Problem? A Self Help Book for Societies. [Read more]

I'm excited for the second part of this episode with Tim Urban, the man that turned his blog into a global movement who is now bringing us a new framework through which to through complex societal issues. You're possibly one of over 65 million people that watched Tim Urban's legendary TedTalk, Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator. We're continuing this conversation where Tim introduces ideas from his book, What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies, and this leads into the last part of this epic conversation unpacking the power games, why liberal games are a necessity and why the alternative to equal opportunity is possibly a disaster to steer clear from. Check out Tim's book, What's Our Problem: https://www.amazon.com/Whats-Our-Problem-Self-Help-Societies-ebook/dp/B0BTJCTR58   QUOTES: “The dictator and their little consortium have the power to do what they want, so they do and other people don't so they can't.” “It's a very disempowering thing to teach kids that this country, because there is inequality, is inherently oppressive and I think it is just demotivating.” “What concerns me about our current political environment is that we have so many hard problems ahead, big discussions we have to have as a species, and our society has to be able to have its wits about us. We have to have our wits about us going into this future where we're getting more godlike power and be wise about it because the stakes are going up.” Follow Tim Urban: Website: https://waitbutwhy.com/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/waitbutwhy  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/waitbutwhy/  Get ready to unlock your true potential and enjoy an unparalleled listening experience with our Impact Theory subscription service at https://impacttheorynetwork.supercast.com/ Sponsors: Get 20% OFF with our code IMPACT at calderalab.com/IMPACT. Unlock your youthful glow and be ready for summer with Caldera Lab! Go to hostinger.com/impact and use code IMPACT to get 10% OFF your new website! If you're looking for a simpler, effective investment for your health, try AG1, and get 5 free AG1 Travel Packs and a FREE 1 year supply of Vitamin D with your first purchase. Go to drinkAG1.com/Impact. That's drinkAG1.com/Impact. Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at http://www.shopify.com/impact Head over to http://www.mindpumpimpact.com to find the 5 most impactful Mind Pump fitness episodes that will transform your body and your life. Visit nutrisense.io/tom and use code TOM to save $30 and get one month of free dietitian support.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are we putting our ability to progress as a society at risk giving into the primitive mind?  I'm excited for the first part of this two-part episode with Tim Urban, the man that turned his blog into a global movement who is now bringing us a new framework through which to through complex societal issues. You're possibly one of over 65 million people that watched Tim Urban's legendary TedTalk, Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator. Tim is joining me today to introduce ideas from his book, What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies, and this leads into the first part of an epic conversation unpacking the primitive mind, woke ideology that has weaponized words, and the tug of war between your individuality and society. Check out Tim's book, What's Our Problem:  https://www.amazon.com/Whats-Our-Problem-Self-Help-Societies-ebook/dp/B0BTJCTR58   QUOTES: “We live in this advanced civilization where so much of our natural programming tendencies actually hurt us and misfire, so we're constantly in this kind of tug of war. “When we have a more accurate picture of the world, we can do more for the world.” “The fact that there is also subjective experience, which each person kind of has their own, to me that's part of objective truth. Objective truth is just reality.” “I see really well-intentioned people get lost in the sequence of, every answer is going to be nuanced and nuance is very hard if you can't talk out loud.” -Tom Bilyeu Follow Tim Urban: Website: https://waitbutwhy.com/  Twitter:  https://twitter.com/waitbutwhy  Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/waitbutwhy/  Get ready to unlock your true potential and enjoy an unparalleled listening experience with our Impact Theory subscription service at https://impacttheorynetwork.supercast.com/ Sponsors: Get 20% OFF with our code IMPACT at calderalab.com/IMPACT. Unlock your youthful glow and be ready for summer with Caldera Lab! Go to hostinger.com/impact and use code IMPACT to get 10% OFF your new website! If you're looking for a simpler, effective investment for your health, try AG1, and get 5 free AG1 Travel Packs and a FREE 1 year supply of Vitamin D with your first purchase. Go to drinkAG1.com/Impact. That's drinkAG1.com/Impact. Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at http://www.shopify.com/impact Head over to http://www.mindpumpimpact.com to find the 5 most impactful Mind Pump fitness episodes that will transform your body and your life. Visit nutrisense.io/tom and use code TOM to save $30 and get one month of free dietitian support.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tim Urban, writer/illustrator and co-founder of Wait But Why , a long-form, stick-figure-illustrated website, sits down with Bridget to discuss his new book What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies . In a fun and free-wheeling conversation they talk about Tim's decision to write the book because the defining characteristic of our time is mass confusion and smart people falling for incorrect and fake narratives and he wanted to parse what was going on in our culture. They cover how his Left wing/Right wing thinking fell apart and where it led him, why it's liberating to not have to pretend you know everything, vertical vs horizontal thinking, how people develop a preference for what they want to be true, why it would be so fun to be a culture warrior, how to know when you've slipped into tribalism, why unearned righteousness and hypocrisy are so annoying, why AI is a magic wand, and how Instagram knows exactly how old your child is. Sponsor Links: Progressive Insurance - https://pgrs.in/3Dp5ZIW Our Fake History Podcast - https://bit.ly/wiw-ofhpodcast

Erik Torenberg sits down with Tim Urban, writer of the popular blog Wait But Why, and author of the 2023 book What's Our Problem? where he offers a framework for thinking about our chaotic political landscape. In this discussion, Erik and Tim discuss liberalism, why heresy is important, and the notion of equality. If you're looking for an ERP platform, check out our sponsor, NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/UPSTREAM Upstream is part of the Turpentine Network. You can learn more at turpentine.co -- We're hiring across the board at Turpentine and for Erik's personal team on other projects he's incubating. He's hiring a Chief of Staff, EA, Head of Special Projects, Investment Associate, and more. For a list of JDs, check out: eriktorenberg.com. TIMESTAMPS: (00:00) Episode Preview (02:37) The story of Tim Urban's new book “What's Our Problem?” (09:01) Existential threat, technological innovation, and heresy (14:09) Why the left and the right aren't respecting liberalism (16:51) Sponsor: Secureframe (19:42) Social justice fundamentalism vs liberal social justice (26:13) Social justice fundamentalism as a religion (29:39) Freedom vs Equality (50:42) Equality and specificity (55:08) What would change if Tim wrote the book in the next few years? TWITTER: Tim's Twitter: @waitbutwhy Erik's Twitter: @eriktorenberg Upstream : @upstream__pod SPONSORS: Please support our sponsors: Shopify | Secureframe  -Shopify: https://shopify.com/torenberg for a $1/month trial period Shopify is the global commerce platform that helps you sell at every stage of your business. Shopify powers 10% of all ecommerce in the US. And Shopify's the global force behind Allbirds, Rothy's, and Brooklinen, and 1,000,000s of other entrepreneurs across 175 countries. From their all-in-one ecommerce platform, to their in-person POS system – wherever and whatever you're selling, Shopify's got you covered. Sign up for $1/month trial period: https://shopify.com/torenberg. - Secureframe: https://secureframe.com/ Secureframe is the leading all-in-one platform for security and privacy compliance. Get SOC-2 audit ready in weeks, not months. I believe in Secureframe so much that I invested in it, and I recommend it to all my portfolio companies. Sign up for a free demo and mention UPSTREAM during your demo to get 20% off your first year. Secureframe has just released Secureframe Trust, a new product that lets you showcase your organization's security posture to build customer trust.

(NOTAS Y ENLACES DEL CAPÍTULO AQUÍ: https://www.jaimerodriguezdesantiago.com/kaizen/168-la-estructura-del-mundo-ix-cual-es-nuestro-problema-2a-parte)Hay un tipo de mirada que uno aprende a reconocer con la edad. Es una mirada entre cansada e introspectiva. Es fácil encontrarse con ella a primera hora de la mañana de cualquier sábado o domingo en una gran ciudad. Quienes miran así suelen llevar el pelo despeinado y la misma ropa, ahora arrugada, con la que salieron la noche anterior. Caminan despacio, con unas preguntas marcadas en la frente. Normalmente, es la misma que les asaltó un rato antes, al abrir los ojos y encontrarse en una cama ajena. «¿Qué ha pasado? ¿Cómo he llegado aquí?» Algo parecido nos ha sucedido a todos alguna vez. Hay noches que acaban así. Los estadounidenses tienen un nombre maravilloso para ese trayecto de vuelta a casa: the walk of shame, «El paseo de la vergüenza». Puede ser porque esa mirada encierre algún arrepentimiento o, más frecuentemente, por la simple sospecha de que todo el que se cruza con nosotros sabe que no sabemos cómo demonios acabamos así. Por lo general, aquellas noches y aquellos paseos, suelen terminar como anécdotas que uno recuerda con una mezcla de pudor, simpatía y nostalgia al llegar a la edad de reconocer esa mirada en otros, cuando tu vida adulta te lleva a comprar el pan o pasear al perro a las 9 de la mañana de un domingo. Pero, ¿cómo es el paseo de la vergüenza de las sociedades? Quiero decir, en mitad de las crisis económicas, el desengaño político, la amenaza climática o la inestabilidad internacional que llevamos ya unos cuantos años viviendo, cada vez más tengo la sensación de que colectivamente nos empezamos a mirar los unos a los otros con las mismas preguntas en la cara: ¿Qué ha pasado? ¿Cómo hemos llegado hasta aquí?Hace unas semanas empecé a hablarte del libro de Tim Urban, What's Our Problem?, «¿Cuál es nuestro problema?», en el que él trata de descifrar cómo hemos llegado hasta donde hemos llegado. Aquel capítulo lo terminamos con la sociedad dividida en dos. Con las piernas hundidas hasta las rodillas en el barro. Y con cada uno de nosotros dispuesto a abrirle la cabeza a garrotazos a cada uno de ellos. Hoy, vamos a tratar de responder a cómo hemos llegado hasta aquí y a cómo tratar de salir. De una pieza, a poder ser.

In this special episode, Ravi talks to Tim Urban, the creator of the wildly popular blog “Wait But Why” about his new book "What's Our Problem?" – a fun and fascinating deep dive into what the hell is going on in our strange, unprecedented modern times. The two discuss why we're polarized, the trouble with contemporary media and politics, and how we can build a better, more humane civil society.  Leave us a voicemail with your thoughts on the show! 321-200-0570 Show notes: https://thebranchmedia.org/show/lost-debate/ Subscribe to our feed on Spotify: http://bitly.ws/zC9K Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/3Gs5YTF Subscribe to our Substack: https://thelostdebate.substack.com/ Follow The Branch on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebranchmedia/ Follow The Branch on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thebranchmedia Follow The Branch on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thebranchmedia The Branch website: http://thebranchmedia.org/ Lost Debate is also available on the following platforms:  Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lost-debate/id1591300785 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vTERJNTc1ODE3Mzk3Nw  Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-lost-debate iHeart: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-lost-debate-88330217/ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/752ca262-2801-466d-9654-2024de72bd1f/the-lost-debate 

Ryan speaks with Tim Urban about his new book What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies, why everyone who wants to improve at something should aim to do it slowly, what it really means to “trust the process,” why they like writing so much, and more.Tim Urban is a writer, illustrator, blogger, and entrepreneur. He earned his A.B. from Harvard University, graduating cum laude with a major in Government. Since starting his long-form, stick figure-illustrated blog Wait But Why in 2013, he has become one of the most popular writers and thinkers on the internet. His articles have been regularly republished on sites like Quartz, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Time, Business Insider and Gizmodo, and his 2016 TED Talk: Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator has been viewed over 50 million times on YouTube alone. Wait But Why regularly receives over 1.5 million unique visitors per month on average, and his blog is read by over 300,000 email subscribers. His work, which covers a wide range of topics, including technology, human behavior, self-improvement, and more, can be found at waitbutwhy.com and on Twitter @waitbutwhy and Instagram @timurban. ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail

Tim Urban is the writer/illustrator behind Wait But Why, a blog he founded with his business partner, Andrew Finn, as well as the man behind one of our favourite TED Talks of all time on procrastination.  Tim writes long-form articles covering topics from outer space to love to artificial intelligence. As he puts it, he writes about “almost everything actually”. Each post is also accompanied with Tim's now-iconic doodles.  Content creation is one of the hardest things to monetise effectively, but Tim hasn't just managed to make a living from stick figures; he's also used it to network with the most influential people on the planet, including Elon Musk.  His new book, What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies is the fruit of Tim's six-year exploration into what exactly is going wrong with society right now. In short: he thinks we've lost the nuances and lays out how we can start to rebuild the bridges that have been damaged in recent years.  What are the simple things all societies need to do to kick on from where we are? How do you monetise well when you're a content creator going after a niche audience? And what's Elon actually like in person? Let's find out... --------------- We'd love your feedback hello@secretleaders.com --------------- Sponsor links: evelyn.com/secretleaders/ vorboss.com/secretleaders personio.com/secretleaders vanta.com/secretleaders

Get a grasp on what's going on in this crazy world, and help steer society to a brighter future. Imagine a book, 1,000 pages long. This book contains all 200,000 or so years of human history – about 250 years per page. The vast majority of the book covers our hunter-gatherer years. The agricultural revolution – the start of what we normally talk about as ancient history – doesn't begin until page 950. Page 1,000 covers all of US history, from the 1770s until now. You may notice that the book gets a lot busier towards the end. This is exciting and scary for several reasons. First, technology is increasing exponentially – the jump from page 999 to 1,000 is way greater than between any of the other pages. Second, this new technology is raising the stakes – page 1,001 could be a technological utopia – or a devastating nightmare. The problem is, we're not just reading this book – we're writing it. And at the moment, it's being written by a bunch of spoiled, immature toddlers. You see, society isn't maturing in the way that we'd like. Tribalism, false news, floundering institutions, and political division are just some of the problems that define the tumultuous times we live in.

A few years ago, writer and cartoonist Tim Urban started becoming troubled by what he saw going on in the world around him. He noticed that while technology was progressing in unbelievable ways—people were going to space on private rocket ships and computers were the size of Starbucks coffee cups—it seemed like people were unhappier than ever before. We were petty. We were turning against each other. We were tribal. And he noticed that the very things that had allowed for unbelievable technological progress—things like democracy, liberalism, and humanism—were under siege. Why was everything such a mess? When did things get so tribal? And why do humans do this stuff to each other? Urban's new book, What's Our Problem? A Self-Help Book for Societies, is an answer to those questions and more. Like his other work on his blog, Wait But Why, Urban uses comically simple drawings, stick figures, and charts, to make the most complex and profound questions that humans face tangible and affecting. In this book, Urban looks back at hundreds of thousands of years of history and explains how we are now living through more change, more rapidly, than at any other time—the stakes of that are almost too high to comprehend—but what he argues is that the danger we face in the end is not global warming. It's not an asteroid racing toward Earth. It's not an impending alien invasion. It's ourselves. On today's episode, Tim Urban explains how we got ourselves into this mess, and how we can also get ourselves out of it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Society is off track. We all feel it. What's wrong? How do we fix it without throwing out all the good parts? We brought on Tim Urban to help us answer these questions.  Tim Urban is a blogger, writer, and illustrator, who is best known for his blog "Wait But Why.” Started in 2013, “Wait But Why” covers various topics, from science and technology to social issues and human behavior. Tim recently wrote a book titled: “What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies,” which Ryan and David think offers a roadmap for the tribal crypto communities battling in the Web3 landscape. ------ ✨ DEBRIEF | Unpacking the episode:  https://www.bankless.com/debrief-tim-urban    ------ ✨ COLLECTIBLES | Collect this episode:  https://collectibles.bankless.com/mint  ------

Bu bölümde Humane'in esrarengiz cihazı, tekrar What's Our Problem? kitabı ve Amerikan siyaseti, Microsoft ve Google'ın çeyrek sonuçları, Microsoft'un Activision satın almasına koyulan engel ve Bluesky üzerine sohbet ettik. Bizi dinlemekten keyif alıyorsanız, kahve ısmarlayarak bizi destekleyebilir ve Telegram grubumuza katılabilirsiniz. :)Yorumlarınızı, sorularınızı ya da sponsorluk tekliflerinizi info@farklidusun.net e-posta adresine iletebilirsiniz. Bizi Twitter üzerinden takip edebilirsiniz.Zaman damgaları:00:00 - Haftamız nasıl geçti08:50 - What's our problem? ve Amerikan siyaseti25:12 - Apple ve Epic Games davası30:20 - İngiltere'nin Microsoft'un Activision satın almasını engellemesi43:11 - Xbox'ın yetersiz pazarlama çalışmaları58:40 - Çeyrek sonuçları1:12:05 - İzlediklerimiz1:20:45 - Ünlüler ve girişimleri1:25:35 - Humane1:40:45 - BlueskyBölüm linkleri:DeepLeBay KleinanzeigenOffscreenWhat's our problem?The American Revolution - OverSimplified (Part 1)Apple wins antitrust court battle with Epic Games, appeals court rulesMaking a MurdererUK Blocks Microsoft's $69 Billion Activision DealMicrosoft'un çeyrek sonuçlarıGoogle'ın çeyrek sonuçlarıI Made My Own Sneaker! M251Spotify'ın çeyrek sonuçlarıUploadThe Marvelous Mrs. MaiselThe Looming TowerThe PeripheralSound of MetalExtrapolationsTed LassoWelcome to WrexhamBeats Studio Buds+ launching in May with improved battery life and ANC, new transparent colorwayHumaneThe Inside Story of ChatGPT's Astonishing Potential | Greg Brockman | TEDBlueskyRead.cv

“Stand up, don't sit, get your steps in, and we can literally accomplish miracles," says Jillian Michaels. Jillian, a personal trainer who many of you probably know from NBC's hit show, The Biggest Loser, joins us to discuss everything she's learned since being on the show, her best nutrition and exercise tips, plus: - How Jillian's wellness philosophy has evolved over time (~0:44) - Why Ozempic isn't actually a quick fix for weight loss (~09:36) - What we're still getting wrong about nutrition (~16:29) - How your mindset influences your health outcomes (~23:24) - Jillian's foundational fitness tips she tells her clients (~27:19) - How to get a good workout in just 10 minutes (~33:09) - Red flags in a personal trainer (~36:20) - Jillian's serious back injury & how she recovered (~41:51) - Jillian's advice for those dealing with chronic pain (~59:35) - How to recognize your personal pain triggers (~01:02:26) - Why the wellness space often overlooks nuance (~01:08:11) - The importance of broadening your health POV (~01:15:11)  - What's next for Jillian in the fitness world (~01:21:34) - Why you should listen to your gut (~01:24:21)  Order a copy of my new book The Joy Of Well-Being at thejoyofwellbeing.com!  Referenced in the episode: - Jillian's book, Master Your Metabolism. - The Fitness App. - Back Mechanic, by Stuart McGill. - What's Our Problem? by Tim Urban. - mbg Podcast episode #342, with Casey Means, M.D. - mbg Podcast episode #458, with Robynne Chutkan, M.D. - mbg Podcast episode #297 & #477, with William Li, M.D. - mbg Podcast episode #445, with Scott Galloway. - The DB Method & iTouch Wearables. - Sign up for The Long Game.  We hope you enjoy this episode sponsored by Nerdwallet, and feel free to watch the full video on YouTube! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: podcast@mindbodygreen.com.

Today, on Here's Where It Gets Interesting, co-founder of the website Wait But Why? joins Sharon to talk about a few big ideas, like censorship, the future of big tech, the role of government, and what we can do to combat corruption. They also talk about bad drawings of stick figures, and his new book, What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies.Hosted by: Sharon McMahonGuest: Tim UrbanExecutive Producer: Heather JacksonAudio Producer: Jenny SnyderResearcher: Valerie Hoback Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Tim Urban, creator of the popular blog "Wait But Why," argues that our usual left-right politics misses an important dimension: whether we are using our higher mind or our primitive mind. Andrew sits down with Tim for a wide-ranging conversation on human nature, "high-rung" vs. "low-rung" thinking, political golems, and how we can overcome our more primitive instincts to create a better society. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/KRl5301kQoI Follow Tim Urban: https://waitbutwhy.com | https://twitter.com/waitbutwhy Follow Andrew Yang: https://forwardparty.com | https://twitter.com/andrewyang To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of the James Altucher Show, James sits down with Tim Urban, author of the popular blog "Wait But Why" to discuss his latest book What's Our Problem? A Self-Help Book for Societies.Tim Urban is known for his ability to explain complex topics in a relatable way, and this interview is no exception. James and Tim explore a variety of societal issues, including the increasing polarization of American society in the past decade. They delve into the reasons behind this polarization, including the concept of societal echo chambers versus idea labs.One of the key insights that Tim shares from his book is that there are two games being played in the socio-political world. The first game, which Tim calls "Political Disney World", is the game that both the left and the right are playing with each other. In this game, each side views themselves as heroes and the opposition as villains, with no middle ground. The second game, which is the unspoken nuance that many individuals silently agree with but are scared to voice their opinions for fear of being expelled from their spoken tribe, is what Tim calls "Game 2".Tim emphasizes the need for players of "Game 2" on both sides of the political spectrum to push back against "Game 1" because the current state of affairs is actually harmful to effectively promoting the ideals of either in the present.James and Tim also touch upon the concept of an idea spectrum, which gravitates between thinking like a scientist on one pole, a sports fan in the middle, and a zealot at the other pole. They discuss how individuals can move away from a zealot mindset and towards a more scientific mindset, which involves seeking out new information and being open to changing one's beliefs based on that new information.Throughout the conversation, Tim shares practical solutions for creating a more cohesive and harmonious society, emphasizing the importance of empathy and communication in solving societal issues.Listen on for a fresh perspective on the challenges we face as a society and actionable solutions for creating a better future. Buy What's Our Problem? A Self-Help Book for SocietiesRead Tim's Blog "Wait But Why?"------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book Skip the Line is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast.------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe  to “The James Altucher Show” wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsStitcheriHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on Social Media:YouTubeTwitterFacebook

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Artificial Intelligence Podcast: Read the notes at at podcastnotes.org. Don't forget to subscribe for free to our newsletter, the top 10 ideas of the week, every Monday --------- Tim Urban is the author of the blog Wait But Why and a new book What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - House of Macadamias: https://houseofmacadamias.com/lex and use code LEX to get 20% off your first order - Indeed: https://indeed.com/lex to get $75 credit - Athletic Greens: https://athleticgreens.com/lex to get 1 month of fish oil EPISODE LINKS: Tim's new book: https://waitbutwhy.com/whatsourproblem Tim's Twitter: https://twitter.com/waitbutwhy Tim's Website: https://waitbutwhy.com Tim's Instagram: https://instagram.com/timurban Tim's TED talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk5C149J9C0 PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: - Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcast - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (05:48) - Human history (21:47) - Greatest people in history (29:35) - Social media (36:17) - Good times and bad times (47:48) - Wisdom vs stupidity (49:55) - Utopia (1:04:05) - Conspiracy theories (1:17:16) - Arguing on the Internet (1:37:16) - Political division (1:47:10) - Power games (1:55:09) - Donald Trump and Republican Party (2:12:17) - Social justice (2:34:59) - Censorship gap (2:42:30) - Free speech (2:46:33) - Thinking and universities (2:54:56) - Liv Boeree joins conversation (3:07:15) - Hopes for the future

Tim Urban is the writer, illustrator and co-founder of Wait But Why, a long-form, stick-figure-illustrated website about almost everything with over 600,000 subscribers. Tim's 2016 TED talk is the third most-watched of all time at 66 million views. His book, What's Our Problem?: A Self Help Book for Societies - an exploration of political polarization - is out now.What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies, by Tim UrbanWait But WhyWhy Procrastinators Procrastinate - Wait But WhyTaming the Mammoth: Why You Should Stop Caring What Other People Think - Wait But WhyA Short History of My Last Six Years - Wait But WhyThe Elon Musk Post Series (Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, and more) - Wait But WhyDoing a TED Talk: The Full Story - Wait But WhyThe AI Revolution: The Road to Superintelligence - Wait But WhyThe Fermi Paradox - Wait But WhyThe Big and the Small - Wait But WhyYour Life in Weeks - Wait But WhyThe Tail End - Wait But WhyFollow Tim on Instagram: @WaitButWhyFollow Tim on Twitter: @WaitButWhy----------Are you a fan of Where We Go Next? I'd love to hear from you. Listen to the very end of this episode for details.Email: wherewegopod@gmail.comInstagram: @wwgnpodcast

I'm excited to share this conversation with Tim Urban. Tim is, in my opinion, one of the best and most engaging writers of our era. He's tackled many of the most interesting topics in the world from AI to procrastination. I interviewed him in 2017 in an episode we called “Grand Theft Life”, and it remains one of my favorite episodes ever.   In the 6 years since that episode, he hasn't published almost anything. That's because he's been writing the book we discuss in this episode. The book is called “What's Our Problem”, in which Tim investigates the big issues facing society.   The reason I love Tim's writing so much is its density of ideas and ridiculously clear explanations: a rare combo that makes reading a joy. I hope you enjoy this great round two with Tim Urban, and go buy and enjoy his great new book.   For the full show notes, transcript, and links to mentioned content, check out the episode page here.   -----   This episode is brought to you by Tegus, the modern research platform for leading investors. I'm a longtime user and advocate of Tegus, a company that I've been so consistently impressed with that last fall my firm, Positive Sum, invested $20M to support Tegus' mission to expand its product ecosystem. Whether it's quantitative analysis, company disclosures, management presentations, earnings calls - Tegus has tools for every step of your investment research. They even have over 4000 fully driveable financial models. Tegus' maniacal focus on quality, as well as its depth, breadth and recency of content makes it the one-stop, end-to-end research platform for investors. Move faster, gather deep research to build conviction and surface high-quality, alpha-driving insights to find your differentiated edge with Tegus. As a listener, you can take the Tegus platform for a free test drive by visiting tegus.co/patrick.   -----   Invest Like the Best is a property of Colossus, LLC. For more episodes of Invest Like the Best, visit joincolossus.com/episodes.    Past guests include Tobi Lutke, Kevin Systrom, Mike Krieger, John Collison, Kat Cole, Marc Andreessen, Matthew Ball, Bill Gurley, Anu Hariharan, Ben Thompson, and many more.   Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up to Colossus Weekly, our quick dive every Sunday highlighting the top business and investing concepts from our podcasts and the best of what we read that week. Sign up here.   Follow us on Twitter: @patrick_oshag | @JoinColossus   Show Notes [00:02:50] - [First question] - What it's been like spending seven years thinking about a single topic: Tim's book, What's Our Problem? [00:05:05] - How he's come to articulate the big question he's trying to answer in his book [00:07:58] - A dinner experience where a single question showed just how much of a problem there was to solve [00:09:47] - Group ideology and the different ladder rungs of human thinking  [00:17:28] - The concept of a social golems and genies and their implications for society  [00:23:02] - His favorite genies and golems throughout history and their impact   [00:29:07] - Examples of canonical high functioning genies across history    [00:34:20] - The key ingredients within liberal democracies that allow for and correct golems [00:40:44] - Media's role in shaping ideas and society and what's changed about it in today's media landscape  [00:46:46] - What else is going on that has him worried about modern institutions that are failing as social immune systems [01:01:15] - The gap between what we say publicly versus what we feel privately and the growing pile of unsaid things  [01:07:18] - What's to be done in order to help society repair itself  [01:14:09] - Whether or not the direction we're most afraid to run is where we should  [01:17:37] - Thoughts on AI having written extensively on it and the new wave of emerging tools [01:22:13] - The role and impact of leadership in regards to golems and genies 

Tim Urban is the author of the blog Wait But Why and a new book What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – House of Macadamias: https://houseofmacadamias.com/lex and use code LEX to get 20% off your first order – Indeed: https://indeed.com/lex to get $75 credit – Athletic Greens: https://athleticgreens.com/lex to get 1 month of fish oil EPISODE LINKS: Tim's new book: https://waitbutwhy.com/whatsourproblem Tim's Twitter: https://twitter.com/waitbutwhy Tim's Website: https://waitbutwhy.com Tim's Instagram: https://instagram.com/timurban Tim's TED talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk5C149J9C0 PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes:

This week, wildly beloved journalist and author Tim Urban joins Jillian! His insanely popular Ted Talk has over 65 million views and his blog, Wait But Why, has millions of weekly hits. On this show, Tim is schooling us on how to beat procrastination. He also discusses his new book, What's Our Problem, which teaches us how to elevate our thinking -- and subsequently our stature in the world -- via his uniquely expansive perspective. Get ready to push the up button on your life with Jillian and Tim!Guest Links:Twitter and Instagram: @waitbutwhy Website: waitbutwhy.com The book: What's Our Problem? A Self-Help Book for SocietiesFor 25% off The Fitness App by Jillian Michaels, go to www.thefitnessapp.com/podcastdealFollow us on Instagram @JillianMichaels and @MartiniCindyJillian Michaels Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1880466198675549Email your questions to JillianPodcast@gmail.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

If you enjoy this episode, consider buying me a coffee to show your support! ☕️ We currently make a loss on the show and your support means the world!Today on the show we have Tim Urban. Tim's TED talk - Inside the mind of a master procrastinator - is now the third most watched TED talk in the world - totalling over 65 million views. Tim is also one of the internet's most thought provoking writers, he started his blog Wait But Why - originally as an attempt to exercise his creative side, only to find it resonated with many many others.Wait But Why's longform articles have since attracted millions of views, and over 700,000 subscribers. He is famous for his long form essays on everything from The Fermi Paradox and intelligent aliens, to why we should spend more time with our parents. He's also about to release a new book called What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies.Tim is a lesson in how you can build a career following your own weird and wonderful curiosity. We talk less about his interests and more about his process; how he started and grew Wait But Why, how he structures his writing process, how he manages his procrastination and why he thinks there is no objectively cool job. I hope you enjoy!Sign up to the Out of Hours newsletter (we only post occasionally):https://outofhours.substack.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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