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I’ve used the phrase “the courage to be ordinary” a few times to get at the essence of the mediocrity ethos. A good example is the Shawshank Redemption. Takes a lot of courage to take on the obvious escape plan of just digging out a tunnel a little bit at a time over years.
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A lot of admirable ordinary people actually live lives that are uncannily like the Shawshank redemption. They’re hated because they reveal the non-necessity of exceptionalism. They just slowly grind away and get through life, not asking for/feeling entitled to Chosen One status
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Are you on instagram? I am waiting for the flood of perspective you’d have to offer that hot mess of self-promotion and folks scrambling for exceptionalism
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What do you think of simultaneously asking for Chosen One status (for instance Tim Robbins character looking for quick escape routes) while simultaneously doing the voting daily work of digging. Hope for the best prepare for the worst writ large. 🤔
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