Andrew McCluskey
@andrewmcc
Creator / Contributor at musicto
Andrew McCluskey
andrewmccluskey.com
The Wundt curve shows that overly simple and predictable stimuli provide only neutral hedonic value. Positive hedonic value requires stimuli that are somewhat novel/complex/ambiguous. Too much novelty or complexity, however, leads to negative hedonic value. There is, then, a “sweet spot” for the right amount of stimulus novelty/complexity: slightly... See more
Culture is an Ecosystem: A Manifesto Towards a New Cultural Criticism (2)
the holy grail for recommendation systems
music and
Study: The CCP’s Digital Charm Offensive: How TikTok’s Search Algorithm and Pro-China Influence Networks Indoctrinate GenZ Users in the United States
musictechpolicy.commusic and Remind me Often
No such thing as a free lunch - also - don’t build on one platform alone
I’m increasingly convinced that the willingness to change your mind is the ultimate sign of intelligence. The most impressive people I know change their minds often in response to new information. It’s like a software update. The goal isn't to be right. It's to find the truth.
Sahil Bloomx.comchange your mind
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For ages the rich and their sycophants have written in praise of “honest toil,” have praised the simple life, have professed a religion which teaches that the poor are much more likely to go to heaven than the rich, and in general have tried to make manual workers believe that there is some special nobility about altering the position of matter in... See more