Mediocrity is as antagonistic to excellence and progress as conservatism and tribalism are to progressiveness... and is as pernicious to liberty and rationality as theism (e.g. Christianity).
The mediocre are not only pathetically envious, they are also an insidious impediment to the progress of society.
Consider this video promoting striving for excellence... and contrast it to this video meant to ridicule and deride striving for self-improvement.
If aspiring for excellence is thwarted by the mediocre as we can see has already occurred in many societies nowadays, the result is indeed the pervasive and pernicious regression and retardation we see permeating those societies today.
If conformity to the tribal norms is dictated and imposed and enforced, then the results are impediments to rationality and progress of humanity such as Jehovah Witnesses and Mormonism and Catholicism and Islam and Hasidism.
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Originally Posted by Ayan Rand
Mediocrity does not mean an average intelligence; it means an average intelligence that resents and envies its betters.
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The mediocre are not only pathetically envious, they are also an insidious impediment to the progress of society.
Consider this video promoting striving for excellence... and contrast it to this video meant to ridicule and deride striving for self-improvement.
If aspiring for excellence is thwarted by the mediocre as we can see has already occurred in many societies nowadays, the result is indeed the pervasive and pernicious regression and retardation we see permeating those societies today.
If conformity to the tribal norms is dictated and imposed and enforced, then the results are impediments to rationality and progress of humanity such as Jehovah Witnesses and Mormonism and Catholicism and Islam and Hasidism.
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