What Tim Urban thinks about ideas vs execution

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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. 6 Nov 2015

   Our readingThe chef creates, while the cook copies in some form or another.

   Their wordsThe chef creates while the cook, in some form or another, copies.

   ↗The Cook and the Chef: Musk’s Secret Saucewaitbutwhy.com 6th of 11 in this piece