Andrew McCluskey
@andrewmcc
Creator / Contributor at musicto
Andrew McCluskey
andrewmccluskey.com
Things that are most fulfilling are hard to start, easy to quit. Things that are least fulfilling are easy to start, hard to quit.
Every. Single. Time.
Most crypto projects try to bootstrap network effects through token incentives. But as Austin's McDonald's and Coachella examples show, real cultural network effects might be more valuable than synthetic ones. Your community doesn't need token rewards to amplify something they genuinely care about. The genius is that strong IP creates natural... See more
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like 'creativity' was for the 1980s onwards, will authenticity be the thing people strive for? The thing that is human and can't be replaced?
Either that or 'taste'
The world is busy. Breaking News. Non-Stop Commercials. Political Divide. Censorship. Doomscrolling. All these streaming services and social media to keep us entertained yet no one seems happy and people look exhausted before their day has even started.
About — thegirlwholeftthefridgeopen
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 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
Anora review: This adults-only screwball comedy about a quick-witted stripper is like a 'more believable Pretty Woman'
Nicholas Barberbbc.com
rev model is paid subs on substack + patreon - there’ds plenty of opportunity in the written word
The world is becoming increasingly divided. Media is separating rather than connecting us and people’s differences are seen as something to be hated rather than celebrated.