Andrew McCluskey

The lack of specialized knowledge amongst the mainstream audience encourages cultural producers to create and distribute cultural works with minimum changes to pre-existing artistic conventions. The industry perceives mainstream individuals as conservative: They “like what they like” and prefer not to be confronted with radical change.

Leisure's opportunity cost skyrockets. When an hour of work generates what once took days, rest becomes luxury taxed by your own conscience. Every pause carries an invisible price tag that flickers in your peripheral vision.

A study found that women whose engagement rings cost more than $20,000 were 3.5 times more likely to get divorced compared to those with less expensive rings. Similarly, couples who spent less than $1,000 on their weddings were less likely to get divorced compared to those who spent more.

even though I can’t personally relate one bit I heard everything he said.