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Tim Harford :verified:@TimHarford@econtwitter.net (2026-08-21 01:02:04)
Explain it to me like I’m ten

In 2012, the creator of the xkcd cartoon Randall Munroe unveiled Up Goer Five — a detailed diagram of the Saturn V rocket, annotated using only the most common 1,000 (sorry, “ten hundred”) words in the dictionary.

It was a viral hit, as was the follow-up book, Thing Explainer (2015), and it produced an intriguing reaction from the science-communication community, wh

https://timharford.com/2026/08/explain-it-to-me-like-im-ten/

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