Andrew McCluskey
@andrewmcc
Creator / Contributor at musicto
Andrew McCluskey
andrewmccluskey.com
llms.txt Generator - AI-Ready Documentation for Charities
llmstxt.social
“Facts don’t change minds, friendship does!” James Clear explains how convincing someone to change their mind is actually about convincing them to change their tribe. “Perhaps it is not difference , but distance that breeds tribalism and hostility.” Relevant in times of rising social polarisation.
278 / Justice and the Veil of Ignorance
Serious-minded persons, for example, are continually condemning the habit of going to the cinema, and telling us that it leads the young into crime.
Bertrand Russell • In Praise of Idleness
From 1932 - see television - rap - video games,…
A friend asked a Busy Guy to lead a project, and instead of saying yes or rejecting it, the Busy Guy said: “I can’t commit to that, but I can commit to thinking about it, and if I come up with something I’m excited about, I’ll do it.”
Such tact in that answer.
-DP
just 12 hours of working memory training at age seven made children in Germany 16 percentage points more likely to enter the elite academic track .
This Is How Smart People Are Prepping for the AI Era
Training the brain…
People naturally remember musical language, and I would encourage writers to inject their prose with a bit of music. When you’re writing, think about repetition and variety. Crescendos and rests. Pace and punctuation. Read your work out loud, and feel the rhythm of the words in your voice.
Derek Thompson • Why Simple Is Smart
