Welcome to the 2030s. The post All My Thoughts After 40 Hours in the Vision Pro appeared first on Wait But Why. | Continue reading
My first child was born the literal day after the launch of my first book. 3 months later, I have some thoughts. | Continue reading
a self-help book for societies available now as an e-book, audiobook, or directly on the Wait But Why website The post What’s Our Problem? appeared first on Wait But Why. | Continue reading
On June 18, 2016, I slipped and fell down a deep, deep hole. The post A Short History of My Last Six Years appeared first on Wait But Why. | Continue reading
You know at least 8 of these people. | Continue reading
To endure 20,000 days, 100 vacations, and 100,000 leisure hours with another human being and do so happily, there are three key ingredients necessary. | Continue reading
A map that left me with no option but to stare at it for 20 minutes. Great way to put the biggest empires of the past in both time and magnitude perspective. | Continue reading
What happens if you take your father, your father's father, your father's father's father, and just keep going? | Continue reading
A post about how Elon Musk became the real world Iron Man. | Continue reading
It sucks and you know it | Continue reading
It sucks and you know it | Continue reading
Given that the choice of life partner is by far the most important thing in life to get right, how is it possible that so many smart people get it so wrong? | Continue reading
Looking at history from a new direction | Continue reading
What is it that makes you you? Your body? Your brain? The info in your brain? Your soul? It turns out this is not an easy question. | Continue reading
Life is never easy with a monkey in your head. | Continue reading
The past, present, and future of your family tree are all far more fascinating than you realize. | Continue reading
The more you think about this, the less it makes sense. | Continue reading
Andromeda is the closest galaxy to us and about 40% bigger than our Milky Way. If it were bright enough, this is how big it would be in our night sky. | Continue reading
One of life’s great leaps may be just around the corner. | Continue reading
A highly unexpected turn of events. | Continue reading
Graham's number is so big, we need a whole new set of tools to even discuss it. | Continue reading
Going to cool bars is a bad life experience every time. So why do so many people do it? | Continue reading
We really need to do something about this. | Continue reading
Some people are young, just not you. | Continue reading
The thing I learned from Elon Musk that changed the way I think about life. | Continue reading
Not all Disney movies are fictional. | Continue reading
What are the speaking rules in your world? | Continue reading
Welcome to the biggest Wait But Why series yet. | Continue reading
Let’s talk about the four ways people form their beliefs. | Continue reading
One neuron’s take on how 300 million people can think as one. | Continue reading
Part 2: "Our Immortality or Our Extinction". When Artificial Intelligence gets superintelligent, it's either going to be a dream or a nightmare for us. | Continue reading
A how-to guide for starting the U.S. | Continue reading
Whenever you're not sure what to tip someone, you risk ending up in the dreaded Ambiguous Tipping Situation. This post is here to help. | Continue reading
Remember the time our species' random primate tribes transformed into world-conquering beasts? That was weird. | Continue reading
To understand the human, you need to get to know the human giant. | Continue reading
This is why all humans are crazy. | Continue reading
We all know what sound is. Except actually, no we don't. Let's fix that. | Continue reading
I kinda think he didn't. | Continue reading
Part 1 of 2: "The Road to Superintelligence". Artificial Intelligence — the topic everyone in the world should be talking about. | Continue reading
This isn't gonna be pleasant for anyone. | Continue reading
I knew the future would be shocking but this is a whole other level. | Continue reading
Putting massive amounts of time in perspective is incredibly hard for humans, so we made this graphic. | Continue reading
Who were Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln, and the rest of the first 16 US presidents, what did they do, and what do they hope history has forgotten? | Continue reading