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Zander Nethercutt

San Rafael, CA | Kenyon College | Chicago, IL

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Category: social media

The World Is on a Collision Course With Itself

Almost 200 years ago, in 1831, Charles Darwin embarked on his now famous journey aboard the S.S. Beagle. This was … More

anonymity, darwin, evolution, trolling

We’re Primed to Be Addicted to Social Media

Networks are the internet’s black holes, and trolls are its dark energy   nor·mie /nôrmē/ noun noun: normie; plural noun: normies … More

Facebook, instagram, Internet, social media, space, trolling, twitter

Memes: An Antidote to Uncertainty

What our obsession with memes—and content like them—says about us “The tendency of any medium is to attract to itself types … More

instagram, Internet, memes, technology, twitter

The Instagram Generation

What happens when a society with a penchant for the cosmetic meets a medium dominated by it? “The medium is the … More

Facebook, instagram, mcluhan, Tech

The End of Authenticity  

A tourist in search of something increasingly hard to find. Since being in Amsterdam, I’ve felt out of place, which must … More

authenticity, instagram, social media, Travel

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

Facebook, mental health, mental illness

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

economics, Facebook, social media, society, technology

Sugar-Coating Facebook

Sixty years ago, in the midst of a national healthcare epidemic, health experts deemed fat, and specifically saturated fat, to … More

2016 Election, Donald Trump, Facebook, Politics, social media

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