Andrew McCluskey

David Lewis's now canonical idea is that conventions form in the process of trying to solve coordination problems.

For these communities, hearing a generative model spit out a synthetic gospel track or an AI-generated country twang is not just an artistic affront, it can feel like outright blasphemy, proof that tech elites would rather manufacture culture than nurture it.

When transactions can be brokered by AI, a company’s mission and culture—if genuine—become its final differentiators. As tasks lose their distinctiveness, only the deep resonance of an organization’s ethos can hold human attention.

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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