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Zander Nethercutt

Zander Nethercutt

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

9 min readJul 6, 2021

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

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Zander Nethercutt

Why Do We Celebrate?

If the individual doesn’t exist, neither can achievement

13 min readJun 26, 2021

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Why Do We Celebrate?

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Zander Nethercutt

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

17 min readJun 24, 2021

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The Venmo Generation

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Zander Nethercutt

Re-Platforming Myself

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

15 min readJun 23, 2021

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Re-Platforming Myself

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Zander Nethercutt
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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…

10 min readJun 30, 2020

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Size Matters: A Girardian Tale of Burnout

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Forge

We Are All The Burnout Generation

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

10 min readMay 22, 2020

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We Are All The Burnout Generation

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Zander Nethercutt
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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

9 min readNov 22, 2019

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Zander Nethercutt
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The Startup

South Dakota’s Smarter than You

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

3 min readNov 20, 2019

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Zander Nethercutt
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OneZero

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

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

10 min readJul 3, 2019

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

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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

9 min readJun 26, 2019

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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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