What Tim Urban thinks about China
Writer and illustrator behind Wait But Why, a long-form blog of stick-figure-illustrated explainers on science, technology and society, and author of the book What's Our Problem?
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1 dated position, 2025, in their own words. Our reading of what Tim Urban has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Our readingYoung children learn a new language through immersion far more effectively than adults do.
Their wordsIf I took my daughter to China for a year, and we just lived there with no language instruction, I'd come back knowing approximately six Mandarin words and she'd be fluent.
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