“Things are good!” At 4am, knowing that it’s the 4am that you’ve been dragged back to from a sleep that … 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.
Myths Gave Way To Climate Change
They may also help us solve it. “When you grow up you tend to get told that the world is the … More
We Cannot Amuse Ourselves to Death
And that is far more worrying than the idea that we could. “Americans no longer talk to each other, they entertain … More
The Potency of Purpose
“Modern technology has become a total phenomenon for civilization, the defining force of a new social order in which efficiency … More
The Death of Advertising
And what will rise from its ashes. The presence of advertising in our daily lives is akin to that of water in the … More
The Information Market
Capitalism’s Takeover of the Final Good “What is the goal of economics?” My Principles of Microeconomics professor, a lithe figure with … More
Finding the Road
A follow-up to “Sugar-Coating Facebook” In the wake of my post about Facebook a little over a month ago, I … More
Doubt the Amazon Echo? Don’t.
On January 9th, 2007, anxious attendees of a particularly buzzy Apple keynote sat in the Bill Graham Auditorium in downtown … More
Sugar-Coating Facebook
Sixty years ago, in the midst of a national healthcare epidemic, health experts deemed fat, and specifically saturated fat, to … More
Obsessed with your Smartphone?
So is everyone else. Here’s why. Unwrapping an iPhone is like opening the door to a better life. Not only … More
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