Andrew McCluskey

It makes sense that constant comparison makes us unhappy. I think back to a study I read a few years ago. When passengers board an airplane and walk through first-class on their way to their seats, passengers are then more likely to engage in acts of air rage and aggression than when they board from the middle of the plane. Subtle reminders of our... See more

what more does one want from art but hope?

I have never come out of a situation where I was negative to or about someone else and felt better. Any time I have been disdainful of another person has ended with me wishing I had kept my mouth shut. Turns out that hurting people, even when I think I’m right, even if they “hurt me first”, just makes me feel worse, and made their life worse in the... See more

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

The platform succeeds because it connects people who have achieved results in specific areas with those who want to replicate those results.

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.

Trump wants to use Ukraine and Baltic states as a bait to make Russia invade again. When attack take place according to new agreement, Europeans will have to come to aid.

But at the last moment Americansky withdraw their troops. Turkey too withdraw. NATO collapse. And Europeans will have to fight big war against Russia on their own. Is why there are... See more