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 Not to be confused with tepid, cosy, easy ''mediocrity'', which everyone loves.
-Averagarianismthat forces actually different people into generic categories. It imputes commonalities that don’t really exist. Sanding off contours and wonky borders to make everything regular simply because that suits the hyper-scaled prerogatives of commerce. The expression “community” to describe a disparate group that but for one salient feature would likely otherwise profoundly hate each other — you know, the “air-breathing community”, the “intelligence community” or the “political extremist community” is an averagarianist tell.
+Averagarianismthat forces actually different people into generic categories. It imputes commonalities that don’t really exist. Sanding off contours and wonky borders to make everything regular simply because that suits the hyper-scaled prerogatives of commerce.
+The expression “community” to describe a disparate group that, but for one salient feature, have absolutely nothing in common and would likely be at each other’s throats on any other issue — you know, the “air-breathing community”, the “US intelligence community” or the “political extremist community” is an averagarianist tell.
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 *{{br|The End of Average: How to Succeed in a World That Values Sameness}}