What's Our Problem?

“Did you read that um you know Tim Urban? You ever had him on the show? No, he wrote this book called What's Our Problem? It's like one of my favorite books of the last 10 years, right? And so the book is it's not about left and right, it's about how you think about things.”

“what's our problem book by Tim Urban yes I thought it was absolutely fantastic”

“and and uh has really you know if you look at the the you know it's I'm just reading this new book uh the outrage Machine by uh Tobias Rose Stockwell really good book”

“But the one thing that I'll say about it is it's a single topic, but it's also like a hundred topics. So I wasn't intellectually bored because usually I like to do blog posts because I don't like to dive that deep on any single topic.”

“people are going to say don't buy that guy's book he went on Patrick you know who that guy is you don't want to go to talk to if you you that that smear on you transfers to me and now it can go further or now once people start saying no Tim Irvin is bad suddenly people don't want”

“then the second is called what's our problem by Tim Urban”

“and in your amazing new book you talk about this um history uh the entire existence of human history”

“or operating system and you go into a lot of tribalism in the book which is a really interesting part um and I guess also kind of Brave of you given the woke mob”

“listen Tim I could talk to you for hours and I have it's been over an hour uh if you haven't bought Tim Urban's book do me a favor buy the audiobook buy two copies of the print book”

“He's the author and illustrator of the amazing blog called Wait But Why, and is the author of a new book coming out tomorrow called What's Our Problem, A Self-Help Book For Societies. We talk a lot about this book in this podcast, but you really do need to get it and experience it for yourself.”

“He's the author and illustrator of the amazing blog called 'Wait But Why,' and is the author of a new book coming out tomorrow called 'What's Our Problem: A Self-Help Book For Societies.'”

“You wrote an incredible book called What's Our Problem, A Self-Help Book For Societies. In the beginning, you present this view of human history”

“You wrote an incredible book called "What's Our Problem, A Self-Help Book For Societies."”

“You wrote an incredible book called 'What's Our Problem: A Self-Help Book For Societies.' In the beginning, you present this view of human history as a thousand-page book where each page represents 250 years.”

“another one I really liked is um do you know Tim Urban the guy behind wait but why absolutely I just love the way this guy thinks and he wrote a book called what's our problem”

“That's because he's been writing the book we discuss in this episode. The book is called What's Our Problem, in which Tim investigates the big issues facing society.”

“It's interestingly titled as a self-help book for society, which I actually think, having read it now, it's like a completely perfect way to think about it. But how do you articulate if the book is answering a question, what is the question?”

“And I'm just curious to have you tell that story and why that experience was maybe indicative of this problem that you're exploring in the book.”

“If we abstracted away from politics, I think one of the early things you discussed in the book that is so interesting is this concept of the ladder, of the different ways that humans approach problems.”

“When you wrote about it through the lens of Genghis Khan, for some reason, that really clicked with me as a valuable way to understand this mechanism. I'm sure we'll spend more time talking about golems.”

“The book is full of these just incredible names and visuals and characters. Everyone has to read the whole thing. We're scratching the surface here today.”

“I find I like how in the beginning you said you felt some fear writing this book and I wonder if you think that really reflecting on what you're most afraid to say is in fact the North star of the direction that you should run as you think about courage and awareness”

“like I said we barely scratch the surface of all the cool frameworks and ideas the book feels in many ways like a toolkit like a mental toolkit for attacking different ideas different plans different trends etc it's such a rich collection I highly encourage everyone to go check it out”

“I'm very thankful that I know it was a slog for you but I'm thankful that you took a long time to write something that is incredibly dense and rich with ideas I can't wait to see what you do next as well but thank you for taking the time today with us to explain the work you've been doing”

“have you read Tim Urban you know Tim Urban the weight but why what's our problem no but you you were mentioning it before this is like one of the best books I've ever read”

“and I always shout out cgp's gray cgp Gray's video this video will make you angry and he explains this”

“Tim Urban's book what's our problem like that's the higher level”

“I mean Tim's uh you know what's our problem his new book like it's a Tome that is going to be out there forever and could impact the way that people think about the world”