Want to know what you are? Hint: it’s what you consume. “As William James observed, we must reflect that, when we … More
Author: zandercutt
Mistaking correlation for causation since '94. Big pattern guy. Appearances in TNW, MediaREDEF, Extra Newsfeed. 👦San Rafael, CA. 🎓Kenyon College '16. 🧓Chicago, IL.
An Economy of Desire
What economic theory says about the internet’s effect on society “Orwell feared that what we fear will ruin us. Huxley … More
Pulling Back the Curtain
What startup aesthetic can tell us about our future and the implications of the Internet. The offices of the startups … More
The Power of the Unseen
And the awesomeness of overcoming survivorship bias. During World War II, the American military enlisted the help of the Statistical … More
The Death of the Deliberate
The other night, I got an ad on Facebook for a therapist. Credit: The New York Times It wasn’t the first … More
Doomed by Desire
Have smartphones destroyed us? Our generation — that of “millennials” — gets written about a lot. We are “better behaved and less hedonistic nowadays,” … More
The Power of First Impressions
And what it means that Apple nails them all. At a time when many brands were moving away from retail, … More
When Fragility Becomes Strength
A case study into the iPhone’s fragility and the Apple brand. As it has become clear just how luxurious life within … More
A Week in the Land of a Thousand Hills
And the beauty of Rwanda and its people. The shock that came upon arrival to Rwanda — the land of a thousand … More
The Luxury Network
Or, Apple’s staying power. Over the course of the past several decades, a unique phenomenon has arisen out of general societal connectivity: network … More
Zander Nethercutt 