Tim Urban Biography

Tim Urban is the author of the site Wait But Why, where he produces long-form illustrated essays for a devoted audience that includes Chris Anderson, the curator of TED, and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Tim brings otherwise complex issues to life with an appealing combination of intelligence comedy and his distinctive stick figure drawings. Tim is driven by an infectious curiosity and armed with hundreds of hours of research. He spoke on the reality of procrastination on the main stage at TED2016 thanks to his distinctive storytelling style. Tim's latest speech on artificial intelligence was hailed as "the finest keynote in years" by Anders Janmyr, the conference's director in Sweden. Facebook, the U.S. Navy, MIT, Harvard, and conferences all around the world are among the venues where Tim has spoken. Quartz has reprinted his writings. The Washington Post, The Atlantic, TIME, Business Insider, Gizmodo, Fast Company, Singularity University, and Vox have all written feature pieces about the popularity of Wait But Why.

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