"Why though?" asks questions that seem trivial at first glance and tries to find broader lessons through parallels and conceptual ideas. We hope that by drawing threads across different fields, we can encourage people to think laterally. Our goal is to give people tools to create general principles and inferences from specific case-studies. 

In this episode, we ask the question "Why QWERTY?", exploring the fascinating reasons why keyboards in English overwhelmingly use the QWERTY layout. We dip into economics, psychology and history to better understand the unique circumstances that have led to the widespread use of the layout, and dispel some myths along the way.

Aryan Goenka