> 1) There is no "average" American. Everyone is close to a median in some metrics, and everyone is at out-lier in others. I've always read it as "average coun

> 1) There is no "average" American. Everyone is close to a median in some metrics, and everyone is at out-lier in others. I've always read it as "average countryman in the relevant metrics" (here views on privacy/knowledge of implications of mass surveillance), rather than suggesting that there is an hypothetical average person who fits for all contexts. It's obviously flawed, but I don't think it's a useless concept.