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I’m fascinated by mediocrity as an aspiration, understood as optimization resistance and withheld reserves. Mediocrity is slouching towards survival. Mediocrity is pragmatic resistance to tot…

I'm fascinated by mediocrity as an aspiration, understood as optimization resistance and withheld reserves. Mediocrity is slouching towards survival. Mediocrity is pragmatic resistance to totalizing thought. Mediocrity is fat in the system. Mediocrity is playful, foxy improvisation. Discuss with vgr_zirp → If premature optimization is the root of all evil, mediocrity is slightly evil. Mediocrity is the courage to be ordinary. The increasingly mediocrity-hostile zeitgeist -- witness this schwag t-shirt, ht Andy Raskin -- has only made me double down. Mediocrity has been a keynote theme for me f

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