Andrew McCluskey
@andrewmcc
Creator / Contributor at musicto
Andrew McCluskey
andrewmccluskey.com
Invention is the proposal of new coordination solutions that go on to form new conventions.
What is Culture? Part Six: Defining cultural phenomena
the arrival of nodes - the arrival of collections are new coordination solutions for community
It's just different flavors of how human values, such as dignity and decency, lose out once they are pulled down to the arena of the market—Marx's crippled monstrosity.
Is it just me?
like 'creativity' was for the 1980s onwards, will authenticity be the thing people strive for? The thing that is human and can't be replaced?
Either that or 'taste'
The founder’s question isn’t just “what problem am I solving?”
It’s “Can my users name this problem yet, or do I have to name it for them?”
If they can name it, you’re in a race. You need to be faster, better, and cheaper than the alternatives they already see.
If they can’t, you’re in a different game. Your first job isn’t building the product. It’s... See more
It’s “Can my users name this problem yet, or do I have to name it for them?”
If they can name it, you’re in a race. You need to be faster, better, and cheaper than the alternatives they already see.
If they can’t, you’re in a different game. Your first job isn’t building the product. It’s... See more
If It's Not Thinkable, Is It Really a Problem?
Andrew makes lists of albums on Album Whale
albumwhale.comFrom the team at Good Enough
Remind me Often and music
remind me often
"To discern what is truly essential we need space to think, time to look and listen, permission to play, wisdom to sleep, and the discipline to apply highly selective criteria to the choices we make.
No matter how busy you think you are, you can carve time and space to think out of your workday. Jeff Weiner, the CEO of LinkedIn, schedules up to two... See more
No matter how busy you think you are, you can carve time and space to think out of your workday. Jeff Weiner, the CEO of LinkedIn, schedules up to two... See more
The Wrap-Up
The rare disease that stops people from feeling fear
bbc.com
Fear
Have a mad vision, and you’re a kook. Get a crowd to believe in it as well, and you’re a leader.
Antonio Garcia Martinez • Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley
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