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Reason Evolved Not to Help Us Make Better Decisions, But to Help Us Win Arguments

The case for the argumentative theory of reason, as made by The Office

Jul 6, 2021

Reason Evolved Not to Help Us Make Better Decisions, But to Help Us Win Arguments

Jul 6, 2021

Why Do We Celebrate?

If the individual doesn’t exist, neither can achievement

Jun 26, 2021

Why Do We Celebrate?

Jun 26, 2021

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The Venmo Generation

Under COVID-19, we’re all communists. As we emerge from the pandemic, amidst everything we’d rather forget, this might be worth remembering

Jun 24, 2021

The Venmo Generation

Jun 24, 2021

Re-Platforming Myself

How the end of Trump’s blog made me rethink my approach to writing full-time

Jun 23, 2021

Re-Platforming Myself

Jun 23, 2021

Published in
The Startup

Size Matters: A Girardian Tale of Burnout

A totally fictional — but simultaneously true! — portrayal of one Irish elk’s experience with uncertainty, mimicry, envy, and burnout in…

Jun 30, 2020

Size Matters: A Girardian Tale of Burnout

Jun 30, 2020

Published in
Forge

We Are All The Burnout Generation

Fueled by uncertainty and envy, burnout is a condition that is both uniquely human and profoundly misunderstood

May 22, 2020

We Are All The Burnout Generation

May 22, 2020

Published in
OneZero

The Darwinian Science Behind the Burnout Generation

A runaway competition for social status that can’t be won puts us all in a killer race to the bottom

Nov 22, 2019

The Darwinian Science Behind the Burnout Generation

Nov 22, 2019

Published in
The Startup

South Dakota’s Smarter than You

The endlessly condescending sharing of their recent campaign against meth abuse is exactly the point.

Nov 20, 2019

South Dakota’s Smarter than You

Nov 20, 2019

Published in
OneZero

How Sexual Selection — Not Natural Selection — Explains Opulence in Nature and Society

Branding — in business and in nature — isn’t going away

Jul 3, 2019

How Sexual Selection — Not Natural Selection — Explains Opulence in Nature and Society

Jul 3, 2019

Published in
OneZero

Inside The Race to Build the Netflix of Food

Kraft-Heinz’s Evolv is using the algorithmic analysis pioneered by tech companies to help us plan our meals

Jun 26, 2019

Inside The Race to Build the Netflix of Food

Jun 26, 2019

Published in
OneZero

Competition Won’t Fix Big Tech

Antitrust regulators should block natural monopolies from acquiring their biggest threats: new potential monopolies

Jun 21, 2019

Competition Won’t Fix Big Tech

Jun 21, 2019

We’re Optimizing Ourselves to Death

What happens when tech gives us more leisure time? We work.

Feb 20, 2019

We’re Optimizing Ourselves to Death

Feb 20, 2019

In Defense of the Cash Gift

This Christmas, let’s agree to stop glorifying great gift-giving

Dec 21, 2018

In Defense of the Cash Gift

Dec 21, 2018

The World Is on a Collision Course With Itself

The internet is designed to harbor isolated, extremist ideologies. What happens when they meet?

Dec 6, 2018

The World Is on a Collision Course With Itself

Dec 6, 2018

Evolution Has Already Approved of Everything You’ll Do Tomorrow

Darwin’s theories reveal the improbability of the present and the unknowability of the future

Oct 26, 2018

Evolution Has Already Approved of Everything You’ll Do Tomorrow

Oct 26, 2018

We’re Primed to Be Addicted to Social Media

Networks are the internet’s black holes, and trolls are its dark energy

Sep 18, 2018

We’re Primed to Be Addicted to Social Media

Sep 18, 2018

The Approval Economy

Why every purchase is a performance

Aug 24, 2018

The Approval Economy

Aug 24, 2018

The Market Is Catching Up to You

From soccer to Chipotle, everything we do is shaped by economics

Aug 14, 2018

The Market Is Catching Up to You

Aug 14, 2018

Memes: An Antidote for Uncertainty

What our obsession with memes — and content like them — says about us

Aug 14, 2018

Memes: An Antidote for Uncertainty

Aug 14, 2018

The Instagram Generation

What happens when a society that values image over substance meets a medium dominated by the former?

Jul 16, 2018

The Instagram Generation

Jul 16, 2018

Zander Nethercutt

Zander Nethercutt

mistaking correlation for causation since '94; IYI, probably | 🧓Chicago, IL | ✍️. @ zandercutt.com | GET IN TOUCH: zander [at] zandercutt [dot] com

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