Andrew McCluskey
@andrewmcc
Creator / Contributor at musicto
Andrew McCluskey
andrewmccluskey.com
From Product/Market Fit to Language/Market Fit: A New Brand Storytelling Framework
Sari Azoutsariazout.medium.com
Let’s do nothing together ;-p
Life, put simply, is all about status. I recently read W. David Marx’s book Status and Culture —thanks Bryce Ferguson for the rec—and that fact was my clear takeaway. The book subtly changed how I look at the world; when you start to pay attention, status dictates nearly everything in our lives.
In the book, Marx argues that:
In the book, Marx argues that:
- There is no human
Clicks & Clout: How We Seek Status In the Digital Age
Foundation Architecting and Things that disappoint me
Wrapping my head around this - what if status is not aspirational in nature?
In my early 30s I began to consider the mythic as a novel ‘aesthetic’. Calling myself “a wizard” was infinitely preferable to calling myself a “thought leader”, a “futurist” or a “consultant”. The archetype of wizard was much more enlivening and expansive; the mythic quality to it that appealed to me. And still does.
foxwizard ☾ • 🌚 How to Dispel the “Dark Cloud”
As a member of Gen X I’m looking at life and wondering how the hell it all got so fucked up. The Boomers came in – rode the backs of the war generation – took all the drugs, the housing, jobs and money and are still there today – ruling the planet, hoarding their resources, believing they deserved it and not considering the fucking winning lottery... See more
Humaning Is Hard - Part 1
We all know about Netflix, we all know about Spotify and other media categories, and we also know what it has done to some industries... The music industry has lost, in the digital transformation, approximately 50 percent of its overall revenue pool.
— Markus Dohle, CEO, Penguin Publishing House
Elle Griffin • No One Buys Books
Yep - nothing like living through it ;-p
Time to make the move
The continued transfer of value from artists to big data