Andrew McCluskey
@andrewmcc
Creator / Contributor at musicto
Andrew McCluskey
andrewmccluskey.com
Michael Tomasello's book "The Cultural Origins of Human Cognition" argues that humans' unique cognitive abilities stem from our capacity for shared intentionality - the ability to participate in collaborative activities with shared goals and intentions. This enables cultural learning and the creation of artifacts, practices, and institutions that... See more
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Each new microgenre is basically just another way to find a path through music’s capitalism.
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.
Tina He • Jevons Paradox: A personal perspective
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People think freedom is the power to change what you dislike about the world around you.
You can quit a job you hate. Leave a person who hurts you. Switch cities for a change of scenery. Chop your hair for a new look.
What freedom actually is: the power to change what you dislike about yourself.
Julie Zhuo • The Looking Glass: Prioritize until it hurts
Musicians compose their tracks with TikTok’s length in
mind, and then title them exclusively for SEO. The figure and ground have been reversed: artists don’t upload their music for distribution, they
make music for distribution.
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Belonging Without Othering: How We Save Ourselves and the World by john a. powell, Stephen Menendian
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What Are You Afraid Of? and Foundation Architecting
The root of all inequality is the process of othering – and its solution is the practice of belonging.
How I transformed Instagram and saved my sanity
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David Lewis's now canonical idea is that conventions form in the process of trying to solve coordination problems.