Andrew McCluskey
@andrewmcc
Creator / Contributor at musicto
Andrew McCluskey
andrewmccluskey.com
Complex cultural ecosystems with many sub-units provide inherent sources of novelty for the mainstream — e.g. minority cultures, subcultures, and countercultures create new conventions with potential to provide stimulation to mainstream individuals.
Culture is an Ecosystem: A Manifesto Towards a New Cultural Criticism (2)
recent evidence of collection editors driving home page design based on their needs and desires
“A blog post is a very long and complex search query to find fascinating people and make them route interesting stuff to your inbox.”
Jihad Esmail • Believe in Something
We have identified a convention — a pattern of behavior that a significant number of people repeatedly follow in an observable way.
What is Culture? Part Six: Defining cultural phenomena
A convention of musicto’s culture is the making of playlist - specifically the making of collaborative playlists
Claude Code: The Productivity Tool You Didn't Know You Needed
weeatrobots.substack.com
people don't believe what they see; they see what they believe.
Angus Hervey • The End of Inevitability
Remind me Often and
Streaks, of course, have the wonderful quality of being unbounded. You can maintain as many streaks as you like. If you don't think social capital has value, you've never seen, as I have, a young person sobbing over having to go on vacation without their phone, or to somewhere without cell or wifi access, only to see all their streaks broken. Some... See more
Remains of the Day • Status as a Service
5 tips to launch your book
artshub.com.au
Interesting local take on book launching
