Andrew McCluskey
@andrewmcc
Creator / Contributor at musicto
Andrew McCluskey
andrewmccluskey.com
People think freedom is the power to change what you dislike about the world around you.
You can quit a job you hate. Leave a person who hurts you. Switch cities for a change of scenery. Chop your hair for a new look.
What freedom actually is: the power to change what you dislike about yourself.
Julie Zhuo • The Looking Glass: Prioritize until it hurts
“the idea that we need to overcome failings of humanness by becoming objective, every thing created fairly, equally... It’s getting rid of passion, of all the things we’re told are primitive and it scares me.”
Terry Gilliam
Are we focusing on the wrong thing?
Artists are agents of invention who attempt to change the dominant conventions (although many individuals operating under the rubric of "artist" have much more pedestrian and commercial goals.)
1.9.1 The avant-garde exposes, devalues, and alters existing conventions in search of new cultural arrangements that could provide new aesthetic... See more
1.9.1 The avant-garde exposes, devalues, and alters existing conventions in search of new cultural arrangements that could provide new aesthetic... See more
Culture: An Owner's Manual • Culture Is an Ecosystem: A Manifesto Towards a New Cultural Criticism
Thought provoking and Thought Leadership
Are Thought Leaders artists?
Who in the public sphere is stoking your fears and pushing these messages that fill your TV sets and social media feeds? Who is telling you to be angry? Which politician is tossing you the red meat that tells you that it’s okay to hate or even harm others whom they are casting as rivals?
Stephen W. Porges • Our Polyvagal World
Y’all remember when we couldn’t use the phone & the internet at the same time?
We’re going back to the future (well, to retro-futurism) & escaping into an 80s-inspired pixelated dreamscape 👾
What are some sweet pieces of nostalgia from early tech? Jog our memory in the comments 👇
instagram.comBit Core
[...] the bullshitter is an antirealist, treating “reality as inherently risky and under construction,” fraught with a greater degree of uncertainty. [...] Bullshitters engage in “deferred epistemic gratification” by throwing a variety of ideas and claims out there without regard to the weight of the evidence.
foxwizard • 💌 How to Be a Better Imposter
