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Yes. Wait But Why is free and does not ask you to register or hand over an email address before you can use it.

How long does Wait But Why take?

Clear your evening. We warned you. We file it under "Rabbit hole" — very long posts with stick figures that still land.

Does Wait But Why work on a phone?

Yes. Wait But Why works on a phone as well as it does on a laptop.

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What Wait But Why actually is

Tim Urban writes exhaustively researched posts on artificial intelligence, the Fermi paradox, procrastination and human history, illustrated throughout with deliberately crude stick drawings. Individual pieces run to tens of thousands of words and are split across several parts.

Why it is worth your time

The bad drawings do real work: the Instant Gratification Monkey is a scribble, and also the most useful model of procrastination anyone has written down.

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Is Wait But Why free?: Yes. Wait But Why is free and does not ask you to register or hand over an email address before you can use it.
How long does Wait But Why take?: Clear your evening. We warned you. We file it under "Rabbit hole" — very long posts with stick figures that still land.
Does Wait But Why work on a phone?: Yes. Wait But Why works on a phone as well as it does on a laptop.
What kind of site is Wait But Why?: We list it under Explain Everything — hard things, made suddenly obvious. The bad drawings do real work: the Instant Gratification Monkey is a scribble, and also the most useful model of procrastination anyone has written down.

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