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Tim Urban
A popular long-form, stick-figure-illustrated blog about almost everything.
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A Sick Giant
Available today
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It's Going to Be Okay
Let's pause and discuss this for a minute.
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How to Name a Baby (2013)
Meet the Name Fad. In 30 years, the names Natalie, Chelsea, Samantha, and Lindsay will sound how Nancy, Cheryl, Susan, and Linda do today. And in 60 years, the names Ethan, Cody, Brandon, and Matthew will be Earl, Chester, Bernard, and Melvin.
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The Road to Superintelligence (2015)
Part 1 of 2: "The Road to Superintelligence". Artificial Intelligence — the topic everyone in the world should be talking about.
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The Tail End (2015)
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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Why Cryonics Makes Sense (2016)
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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How Tesla Will Change the World (2015)
The story of how change really happens.
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Why Procrastinators Procrastinate
The full story about why procrastinators routinely ruin their own lives.
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What's Our Problem? A Self-Help Book For Societies
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Why Generation Y Yuppies Are Unhappy
Say hi to Lucy.