The two reasons Elon Musk thinks it's important for us to colonize Mars.

2 Reasons to Go to Mars

How (and Why) SpaceX Will Colonize Mars - Part 1

How (and Why) SpaceX Will Colonize Mars - Part 2

How (and Why) SpaceX Will Colonize Mars - Part 3

How (and Why) SpaceX Will Colonize Mars - Part 4

How (and Why) SpaceX Will Colonize Mars - Part 5

Andrew and I discuss the SpaceX post. In what turned into a 90-minute discussion, we get into a lot of topics, including the process of researching and writing the SpaceX post, the experience of working with Elon Musk through the process, a bunch of stuff about Mars and how colonization actually might work, the SpaceX internet satellite project, mass extinction events and why they suck, the best toys to take to the International Space Station, why I think it's fine never to exercise.

Tim and Andrew Discuss the SpaceX Post

Wait But Why's full SpaceX post — read by Tim Urban 

How (and Why) SpaceX Will Colonize Mars - Full Post

Adam and I delivered back-to-back TED Talks at the TED conference in Vancouver in February, 2016. Both of us talked about procrastination in our talk. So it makes sense that this would be a conversation about procrastination and TED Talks.

This was recorded in January 2016, a month before TED happened. If some of what we're saying seems redundant with what was in our talks (or what was in my post about TED), that's because this conversation happened before all of that, when the ideas were still forming in both of our heads. 

The first 40 minutes is mostly about procrastination, and at about minute 40, we move onto TED.
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Relevant related stuff:

Adam's TED talk: http://www.ted.com/talks/adam_grant_the_surprising_habits_of_original_thinkers

Tim's TED talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/tim_urban_inside_the_mind_of_a_master_procrastinator

Adam's book (Originals) that his talk was based on: http://amzn.to/1QyYZ8G

Tim's post about TED: http://waitbutwhy.com/2016/03/doing-a-ted-talk-the-full-story.html

Tim's post about procrastination: http://waitbutwhy.com/2013/10/why-procrastinators-procrastinate.html

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