Archive - Anything Different

May 2021

Why Do All Coffee Shops Look Alike?

Revisiting "The End of Authenticity" after a trip to Hawaii

May 9, 2021 •

Zander Nethercutt

April 2021

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

Apr 28, 2021 •

Zander Nethercutt

March 2021

Cultural Knowledge Explains Humanity's Ecological Success

But what does it mean when so much of it is now discovered, stored, and iterated on via platforms like YouTube and TikTok?

Mar 31, 2021 •

Zander Nethercutt

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

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

Mar 18, 2021 •

Zander Nethercutt

People Don't Buy Products, They Buy Better Versions of Themselves

What Apple, Samsung, and Starbucks learned from Pepsi

Mar 11, 2021 •

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

Mar 9, 2021 •

Zander Nethercutt

Welcome to Anything Different

A quick note before the first essay arrives in your inbox...

Mar 8, 2021 •

Zander Nethercutt

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