Urban ignored crypto because it lacked proven future significance
Tim Urban · Tim Urban: How "Wait But Why" Grew to 600k Readers; AI's Revolutionary Impact on Media | E1048 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Aug 14, 2023 · at 20:10
Tim Urban is the creator and writer of Wait But Why. He explains his criteria for selecting blog topics and why he passed on covering cryptocurrency despite reader requests.
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“People wanted me to write about crypto, and I was kind of just like, ah, I don't know. This is, it's like this hasn't proven yet to be a huge part of the future, and if not, then it just seems so boring to write about.”
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