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Over the last 50 years the value / norm system of mediocre minds have won. I think it’s as easy as that, and you see it everywhere. Sadly I think it has to do
by bjornsing 4y ago
Over the last 50 years the value / norm system of mediocre minds have won. I think it’s as easy as that, and you see it everywhere.
Sadly I think it has to do with external threat: When there is one (like during the Manhattan project) the mediocre can accept a standard of excellence, because deep down they know what the alternative is. But when there isn’t one the cultural focus shifts towards mediocrity, and “politics” becomes the dominant game. And the less socially focused curious minds are easily outmaneuvered.
- quickthrower2 4y agoThe financial and attention industries (and crypto, lets call that fin too) then gobble up a lot of the geniuses (and plenty of smart but not genius people)
- zigman1 4y agoI would say that we failed to establish an (educational) system that would produce higher average of so-called "mediocre" minds. When you have a educational system that is, in it's core, unchanged for more than 100 years, and where the only goal is to enable everyone to pass and not to learn, then it is hard to see any other outcome.
- onos 4y agoIt has changed dramatically: we went from teachers doing their own thing to having strict top down curricula taught towards tests + dramatic drop in expectations.
- bjornsing 4y ago> When you have a educational system that is, in it's core, unchanged for more than 100 years, and where the only goal is to enable everyone to pass and not to learn, then it is hard to see any other outcome. I think this idea that the most important thing of all is that everyone passes is a good example of the mediocre mind’s value system. It’s utterly pointless. There’s plenty of work you can do without understanding calculus. But it does limit excellence, and (sadly) I think that’s the whole point.