Andrew McCluskey

Good work is the art of giving a fuck about the living

The antidote is boring: take less capital, get to profit sooner, and stay small enough to survive platform volatility. Earn resiliance through reputation.

Slow growth feels unglamorous until you wake up richer, calmer, and in control—while everyone else is still chasing the next trick.

Don’t Panic, Know Where Your Towel Is 9.22.2020 Medium

1. The basic technique is to maintain a ferment of strong emotions and attach them to the topic of the moment.

2. The technique is profitable and a path to political power.

3. Politicians give the illusion of stability by creating a narrative that it’s us vs. them; we’re the good guys, and they’re... See more

Online music is both incredibly localized and universal, simultaneously confined to small Discord clubs and capable of being transmitted through electric signals to vibrate speakers around the globe.

The A&R person is the first person to make contact with the band, and as such is the first person to promise them the moon. Who better to promise them the moon than an idealistic young turk who expects to be calling the shots in a few years, and who has had no previous experience with a big record company. Hell, he’s as naive as the band he’s... See more