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Nov 2023
1h 16m

Tim Urban on Everything

YASCHA MOUNK
About this episode

Yascha Mounk and Tim Urban discuss making better choices, managing human foibles, and distilling big ideas into clear words.

Tim Urban is a writer and author of the blog Wait But Why. He is the author of What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies

In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Tim Urban discuss how to develop strong productive habits; the human tendency towards “chronocentrism”; as well as how American society has become troubled and why finding real solutions will require courage.


This transcript has been condensed and lightly edited for clarity.


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