This film or show by Tim Urban has come up 2 times across 2 different shows: Lex Fridman, Tim Ferriss. One of those mentions was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: Lex Fridman, Sam Harris. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2022-02-13 and the most recent from 2022-06-13. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
Every time it came up
Insights from Sam Harris, Dr. Peter Attia, Ramit Sethi, and Elizabeth Gilbert | The Tim Ferriss Show
“tim urban who writes this wonderful blog titled wait but why often touches this topic he actually publishes a poster”— Sam Harris
The guest here is Sam Harris, Peter Attia, Ramit Sethi, and Elizabeth Gilbert: Four featured guests in a curated clip episode: Sam Harris (neuroscientist, Making Sense host, Waking Up app founder), Dr. Peter Attia (longevity physician, The Drive host), Ramit Sethi (author of I Will Teach You to Be Rich and host of its podcast), and Elizabeth Gilbert (author, appearing in a clip from The Tim Ferriss Show). An experimental compilation of favorite segments from Tim Ferriss's friends: Sam Harris on meditation, Peter Attia on longevity, Ramit Sethi on money, and Elizabeth Gilbert on integrity.
Tim Urban: Elon Musk, Neuralink, AI, Aliens, and the Future of Humanity | Lex Fridman Podcast #264
“here's tim urban you wrote a wait but why blog post about the big and the small from the observable universe to the atom”— Lex Fridman
The guest here is Tim Urban: Author and illustrator behind the popular blog Wait But Why, known for deeply researched stick-figure explainers on AI, space, Neuralink, and human psychology. Tim Urban riffs with Lex Fridman on aliens, Mars colonization, Neuralink, Elon's first-principles mind, polarization, and beating procrastination.
