Venkatesh Rao@vgrExcellence is a scoping illusion. Anything that survives is mediocre if you include its externalities in the definition of “it”. True excellence would fail instantly. The unbelievable part of the one-horse-shay fable is that it lasted a century.en.m.wikisource.orgThe Deacon's Masterpiece - Wikisource, the free online library6:08 AM · Oct 10, 20181 Retweet3 Likes
Jeff Richman@jcrichman·Oct 10, 2018Replying to @vgrHave you been talking about mediocrity for like a week now?