Reminds me of my favorite statistical/philosophical quote: ```When one commits to making statements about the average, they may be talking about someone who ne

Reminds me of my favorite statistical/philosophical quote: ```When one commits to making statements about the average, they may be talking about someone who never exists, but they make very nice statements.``` It reflects on our over used emphasis of the 50th percentile when making statistical statements that are meant to be informative. In policy, the average across a population, or subset of the population, is often used as a form of a "fairness" rule. IMHO, examining other quantiles can be much more informative about the nature of a distribution, perhaps for economic policy reasons.