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A fact from Tim Urban (author) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 21 March 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Tim Urban stated that a procrastinator's brain is distracted by an "instant gratification monkey" and saved at the last minute by a "panic monster"?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Did you know archive/2025/March. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tim Urban (author).

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No mentions of his ties to David Sacks or his blatant white supremacy ties and racist ideologies? This reads like a puff PR piece by a student who interned for him. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 35.33.216.1 (talk) 12:33, 11 September 2025 (UTC)Reply

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The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 22:16, 15 March 2025 (UTC)Reply

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... that Tim Urban stated that a procrastinator's brain is distracted by an "instant gratification monkey" and saved at the last minute by a "panic monster"?

Source: "First, he describes the brain of a non-procrastinator, in which a "rational decision-maker" has a firm grip on the wheel. The brain of a procrastinator looks similar, except for the presence of a little friend, which Urban labels the "instant gratification monkey." The monkey seems as though he will be fun, but in fact he is a lot of trouble, as Urban's comics illustrate. This continues until things get really bad — the prospect of the end of your career or your schooling looms. Then something that Urban calls the "panic monster" kicks in and finally spurs you into action. Washington Post

- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Willie Williams (general)

Created by Thriley (talk) and 30Four (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 165 past nominations.

Thriley (talk) 17:25, 26 February 2025 (UTC).Reply

Will review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:56, 26 February 2025 (UTC)Reply

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

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That's an interesting way of viewing procrastination. Article looks good. Nice work. BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:30, 26 February 2025 (UTC)Reply