Clueyness: A Weird Kind of Sad
No one likes to feel cluey.
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Post Progress Meter
Shit is complicated.
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Mailbag #1
Tim answers 46 reader questions about almost everything.
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Song Kul Lake—pictures
This was the actual cup of Kymys that I gulped down, which left me hideously nauseous, stuffed up, and itching everywhere. Bad times. A charred sheep’s head on a stick. You know, the usual….
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Confession: I Don’t Think Uber is Actually a Great Business (Yet)
This is a mini-post by Wait But Why co-founder Andrew Finn, who occasionally emerges from his cave to write mini-posts on economics, sports, politics, business, and other things that really grind his gears. He is…
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Why Cryonics Makes Sense
The more I read about cryonics—i.e. freezing yourself after death—the more I realized it’s something we should all be talking about.
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My TED Talk
Everything you need to know about why procrastinators procrastinate
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Why I Should Never Drink a Full Cup of Starbucks Coffee
Happens this way every time.
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How I Handle Long Email Delays
Shit can get paranoid real quick.
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Everything You Should Know About Sound
We all know what sound is. Except actually, no we don’t. Let’s fix that.
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The Jelly Bean Problem
One jelly bean will kill you. The other is harmless. And you have a decision to make.
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Doing a TED Talk: The Full Story
Procrastinators and TED Talks—not a good match.
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Horizontal History
Looking at history from a whole new direction
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You’re in the Future: 2016 Edition
If you were born before 1978, you were born closer to the 1930s than to today—and other horrifying facts.
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SpaceX Launch Live Webcast and Explanation (12.21.15)
Everything you need to know about tonight’s launch.
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The Tail End
No matter what your age, you may, without realizing it, be enjoying the very last chapter of the relationships that matter most to you. Make it count.
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Birthdays Are Weird
What an odd concept.
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The Cook and the Chef: Musk’s Secret Sauce (G-rated version)
The thing I learned from Elon Musk that changed the way I think about life.
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The Cook and the Chef: Musk’s Secret Sauce
The critical piece of wisdom we all need to take away from this series.
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