Andrew McCluskey
@andrewmcc
Creator / Contributor at musicto
Andrew McCluskey
andrewmccluskey.com
Music was effort. It was physical. It was tangible. It was communal.
you don't need a record deal, you need a community.
music and communnity
Sharing tastes forges social bonds between people (i.e. bridges), while discrepancies in taste create barriers between people (i.e. fences).
Culture is an Ecosystem: A Manifesto Towards a New Cultural Criticism (2)
literally what we are doing in collaborative playlists
Life, put simply, is all about status. I recently read W. David Marx’s book Status and Culture —thanks Bryce Ferguson for the rec—and that fact was my clear takeaway. The book subtly changed how I look at the world; when you start to pay attention, status dictates nearly everything in our lives.
In the book, Marx argues that:
In the book, Marx argues that:
- There is no human
Clicks & Clout: How We Seek Status In the Digital Age
Foundation Architecting and Things that disappoint me
Wrapping my head around this - what if status is not aspirational in nature?
I often think of the Noah Smith quote: “Fifteen years ago, the internet was an escape from the real world. Now, the real world is an escape from the internet.”
Clicks & Clout: How We Seek Status In the Digital Age
it’s like the growing pains of a child, necessary for the survival of all the other aches to come.
lovers and bugs
A study found that women whose engagement rings cost more than $20,000 were 3.5 times more likely to get divorced compared to those with less expensive rings. Similarly, couples who spent less than $1,000 on their weddings were less likely to get divorced compared to those who spent more.