Tim Urban

"Be humbler about what [you] know, more confident about what's possible, and less afraid of things that don't matter."

There's a reason that Tim Urban's rabid fanbase includes the likes of Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg, Twitter co-founder Evan Williams, and TED curator Chris Anderson; he's the smart person and a thoughtsetter and meaningmaker. Driven by an infectious curiosity and armed with hundreds of hours of research, he unravels mysteries about our world and humanity with an electrifying blend of intellect and humor.

Tim is the creator of the wildly popular blog Wait But Why, where his illustrated long-form articles first made him a cult favorite amongst the intelligentsia before the secret got out and he went viral with what quickly became the third most-watched TED talk ever. His spellbinding approach to storytelling and ability to see into the future helps explain why Tim has been featured in several documentaries and has captivated audiences at Google, Facebook, Goldman Sachs, Uber, MIT, Harvard, The Wharton School, Tesla, and more.

Tim's book, What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies, was released in February 2023 and immediately hit the bestseller lists. Tim's absorbing posts, on subjects ranging and his rare ability to crystallize puzzling questions and truths, have become a story unto themself, widely covered in feature articles.