Tim Urban

@waitbutwhy

Writer, infant

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:
What's Our Problem? A Self-Help Book For Societies
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Tim Urban
@waitbutwhy
7h
One prominent theory says that long before our fish ancestors left the water, they did a lot of this, briefly scooting from pond to pond. Slowly, some evolved to be so good at scooting around on land and breathing air that they became fully amphibious.
Science girl
@sciencegirl
8h
You are always one decision away from a different life
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Tim Urban
@waitbutwhy
8h
When a discussion becomes tribalized, the collective mind drops by 50 IQ points
Mike Solana
@micsolana
12h
main thing preventing us from having a productive AI safety conversation is identity. too many AI people want to be seen as intelligent by AI safety giants. too many skeptics want to be seen as critical of EA. you have to actually think. that is the only way we'll get there.
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Tim Urban
@waitbutwhy
Sep 14
It is not like other technologies
Christopher Brown
@TrustTheVoid
Sep 14
Replying to @waitbutwhy
Or have lived through many other moral panics involving new technologies.
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Tim Urban
@waitbutwhy
Sep 14
I can't predict the AI future, and I'm very unsure about what the right strategy or policies should be moving forward. What I do know is that people who scoff at the idea that we may be in grave danger have not read enough about AI.
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