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Zander Nethercutt
Personal blog · zandercutt.comculturephilosophy
Zander Nethercutt's personal blog at zandercutt.com covers culture and philosophy. Since 2018, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 9 times, most often “We Are All the Burnout Generation”. The last post was in 2020, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for essays on optimizing ourselves and burnout, and for a post on McLuhan's "the medium is the message" idea. One commenter called an essay perceptive and reflective.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
San Rafael, CA | Kenyon College | Chicago, IL
Most-linked posts?
- We Are All the Burnout Generation2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-11-22
- The Cosmetic Class2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-07-24
What Hacker News says?
Btw, don’t let my cheeky comment detract from a perceptive & reflective article. Please do read. And here’s another article by the author in a related vein: https://zandercutt.com/2020/05/22/we-are-all-the-burnout-gen...
Comment linking /2020/05/22/we-are-all-the-burnout-generation/
on “We’re Optimizing Ourselves to Death (2019)”Submitted We’re Optimizing Ourselves to Death (2019) as a story · 269 points
HN discussionwas that "medium is the message" (or massage) ? by Marshall McLuhan, as noted here: https://zandercutt.com/2018/07/16/the-cosmetic-class/
Comment linking /2018/07/16/the-cosmetic-class/
on “Review: Superbloom: How Technologies of Connection Tear Us Apart”Submitted The Cosmetic Class as a story · 122 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Approval Economy as a story · 113 points
HN discussionSubmitted People Don’t Buy Products, They Buy Better Versions of Themselves (2018) as a story · 45 points
HN discussionSubmitted The World Is on a Collision Course with Itself as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted We Are All the Burnout Generation as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Darwinian Science Behind the Burnout Generation as a story · 1 points
HN discussion
