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	"Tyranny of mediocrity"
		Mediocrity is also the worship of material things that are not art but are destined for the land fill.
		Mediocrity is enforced in part through corporate advertising and its manipulation of the news media and mass entertainment.
		Perhaps the "founding fathers" were trying to counter the masses' mediocrity, but many of these rulers' true motives were base and backward as they maintained their own privileges at everyone else's expense.
	www.culturechange.org /e-letter-tyrannyofmediocrity.html (2691 words)

	Striving for Professional Mediocrity by Stephen E. Seckler
		Accepting mediocrity in yourself is the only real way to achieve balance in your life.
		Mediocrity is hardly the way to impress the partners at your firm.
		As a young associate, you will not have time for mediocrity because being mediocre is an earned privilege in the practice of law.
	www.bcgsearch.com /crc/striving_professional_mediocrity.html (1185 words)

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		What depresses me sorely is the general acceptance of mediocrity in goods and services and deeds as more than good enough, but as something a good deal better and deceptively presented as much better or even as good as the best and sold or delivered overvalued or overpriced in relation to their real quality.
		Once “discovered,”a new talent is forced to produce quanatities to meet the demand of the galleries and, prostituting whatever talent she or he came with, leaves behind as legacy an oeuvre of mediocre works.
		The museum, giving a platform to a mediocre artist, gives the public a deceptive message that she or he is an artist to reckon with.
	www.swarthmore.edu /Humanities/tkitao1/mediocrity.html (1316 words)

	Mediocrity principle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The mediocrity principle is the notion in the philosophy of science that there is nothing special about Earth, and by implication the human race.
		In short, Copernican mediocrity is a series of astronomical findings that the Earth is a relatively ordinary planet orbiting a relatively ordinary star in a relatively ordinary galaxy which is one of countless others in a giant universe, possibly within an infinite multiverse.
		Denying the mediocrity principle is very similar to affirming the Rare Earth hypothesis; for example, Gonzalez and Richards (2004) present the case for Earth's uniqueness, in their book The Privileged Planet.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mediocrity_principle (936 words)

	Mediocrity Quotes
		In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.
		The success of many books is due to the affinity between the mediocrity of the author's ideas and those of the public.
		A steady salary is an invitation to mediocrity.
	www.worldofquotes.com /topic/Mediocrity/1 (449 words)

	The Curse of Mediocrity
		By mediocrity I mean having features or aspects that are neither wrong nor are they quite correct; perhaps we could say that a mediocre dog is one that is almost correct.
		The primary reason is that the mediocre dogs in any breed are a drag on the progress potentially available to the breed.
		Mediocrity is the problem that is most often overlooked by those who would like to accomplish something with their breeding program.
	www.stoans.com /phil/philcorrectdog/thecursemediocrity.htm (1021 words)

	Chronicle Careers: 11/7/2005: Principled Mediocrity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Principled mediocrity, as I see it, is the belief that you should not regard yourself as better than other people, including your students and subordinates.
		You cannot write a column about accepting your mediocrity without being suspected of false modesty or fishing for compliments, "Oh, no you are actually wonderful!" But I think principled mediocrity is not an underestimation of one's abilities, but a realistic assessment of one's importance in the larger picture.
		Principled mediocrity is the pursuit of goodness rather than "excellence." We regard ourselves as failures if we don't have an endowed chair.
	chronicle.com /jobs/2005/11/2005110701c.htm (1536 words)

	Student Advice: Comments on Avoiding Mediocrity
		For instance, too many spend the least amount of time possible on their homework and don't seem to have a real concern for understanding the material; rather they seem to want simply to get through it as fast as they can.
		Mediocre work is not something you can take pride in.
		I hope that you are striving for excellence, not mediocrity, in the work that you turn in.
	www.math.union.edu /~dpvc/courses/advice/mediocrity.html (491 words)

	Nigerian Village Square - Connoisseurs of Mediocrity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Installing mediocrity as the norm of social interaction is the equivalent to a society arriving at a decision to destroy itself.
		Her brilliance was too bright as to blind the mediocrities populating that administration.
		America has a mediocre for a leader but they are still the worldâs only super power, thanks to the people of the country that drives its success.
	www.nigeriavillagesquare.com /articles/emmanuel-franklyne-ogbunwezeh/connoisseurs-of-medio.html (9424 words)

	Rules of Card Games: Mediocrity
		Mediocrity was invented as a game by Douglas Hofstadter and published in his book Metamagical Themas: Questing for the Essence of Mind and Pattern.
		It is recommended that you play quickly and try to announce aloud the mediocre cards in unison, as this makes the game more entertaining.
		In general, the mediocre cards are the ones which are not extreme.
	www.pagat.com /invented/mediocrity.html (685 words)

	Talk:The Mediocrity Principle - SkepticWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Mediocrity Principle suggests that in natural law, there should be no special exceptions for the Earth.
		The principle of relativity is not the same as translational symmetry; relativity involves the equivalence of different inertial frames, while translation is the much weaker notion of the equivalence of frames originating at different points.
		Be that as it may, you are correct that neither of these is equivalent to the mediocrity principle, which is why the article describes this as a "related idea".
	skepticwiki.org /wiki/index.php?title=Talk:The_Mediocrity_Principle&... (601 words)

	CD Baby: MR MEDIOCRITY: It Never Rains in Outer Space (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Mr Mediocrity is a 4-piece rock ensemble from the south Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area.
		In the summer of 2004, Mr Mediocrity entered the studio to record their first album, "It Never Rains in Outer Space", which was released in April of 2005.
		As Mr Mediocrity's fan base grows, it is certain that the band's extraordinary musical taste will continue to develop, yielding exceptional music for all to enjoy.
	cdbaby.com /cd/mrmediocrity (186 words)

	The Heartbreak of Mediocrity
		The real heartbreak of mediocrity is that the rest of us are forced to pay attention to these idiots.
		Mediocrity is not the same thing as inferiority.
		But the reality is that mediocre means “adequate but not very good.” The Leaning Tower of Pisa—often used as a symbol of mediocrity—is really just an example of poor planning—or bad luck.
	www.arockinmyshoe.com /heartbreak.html (2287 words)

	Mediocrity Quotes & Quotations compiled by GIGA
		Mediocrity can talk; but it is for genius to observe.
		Mediocrity has no greater consolation than in the thought that genius is not immortal.
		Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people.
	www.giga-usa.com /quotes/topics/mediocrity_t001.htm (221 words)

	The Austin Chronicle Columns: Mediocrity's Vengeance
		The effect of mediocrity's avengers is even more pernicious in politics, as in California's elevation of Arnold Schwarzenegger to the governorship.
		All their lives their only choices have been between mediocrity and mediocrity; they are fodder for mediocre jobs; they live in mediocre structures built to mediocre standards and less-than-mediocre aesthetics.
		They're not mediocre, but they feel mediocre; so they sought a clever man who consciously reflected their perceived mediocrity -- sought him, beseeched him, to avenge their deprivation.
	www.austinchronicle.com /gyrobase/Issue/column?oid=184093 (1368 words)

	Mediocrity Quotes \| Mediocrity Quotations \| Mediocrity Sayings \| Wisdom Quotes
		Nothing is as approved as mediocrity, the majority has established it and it fixes it fangs on whatever gets beyond it either way.
		Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity.
		Mediocrity is now, as formerly, dangerous, commonly fatal, to the poet; but among even the successful writers of prose, those who rise sensibly above it are the very rarest exceptions.
	www.wisdomquotes.com /cat_mediocrity.html (456 words)

	Nonprofit Board Crisis :: Mediocrity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		I am thinking that boards, in their effort to maintain politeness as their modus operendi have de facto established a lower standard for the expectations they have from their nonprofit and equally important, for their executives.
		The so what is that politeness leads to medicrity which leads to low expectations which leads to sub par performance and outcomes for a nonprofit.
		In the nonprofit world, the incentives are obviously not the same and may be significantly enough different to pursue higher standards with higher performing nonprofit executives and subsequently higher performing nonprofits.
	nonprofitboardcrisis.eponym.com /blog/_archives/2006/4/5/1863254.html (297 words)

	Mediocrity (quotations) - List of Items - MSN Encarta
		Death And Dying: Death is only for the mediocre.
		Mediocrity: At bottom, the FBI has nothing to do with…
		Mediocrity: There's Nothing in the Middle of the Road but…
	encarta.msn.com /refedlist_210007950_36/Mediocrity_There's_Nothing_in_the_Middle_of_the_Road_but.html (141 words)

	Breeding Mediocrity - Voices of Youth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Sure, there are lots of other fine examples of excellence in the country but it seems to pale in comparison when you stack up the show of mediocrity.
		Lately I've given more thought on it and found out that a good example of breeding mediocrity is by discouraging criticism (especially when it's constructive) and hindering feedback, sometimes it's more like avoiding making opinions that may create a fuss.
		Now more mediocre students will enter the administration and business further downgrading their quality and more division in the society.
	www.unicef.org /voy/discussions/showthread.php?t=3306 (1791 words)

	In Praise of Mediocrity
		And as is often the way these days the talk turns to a favorite topic: preventing mediocrity.
		But certain fields like surgery or airline piloting aside, I think that there's a lot to be said for mediocrity.
		And I owe it all to mediocre approaches.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/preventing_mediocrity/98915 (398 words)

	Seth's Blog: On Mediocrity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Mediocre rolls can be baked by anyone, with very little care.
		Seth's Blog: On Mediocrity While I agree with the spirit of this post, and specifically with: Part of the curse of Wall Street is that enough is never enough.
		Seth Godin was talking about rolls in the context of mediocrity: Mediocre rolls are easier and more predictable.
	sethgodin.typepad.com /seths_blog/2005/10/on_mediocrity.html (985 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for mediocrity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		An engineer before he devoted himself to writing, Sorel found in the political and social life of bourgeois democracy the triumph of mediocrity and espoused various forms of socialism, chiefly revolutionary syndicalism.
		Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "mediocrity" at HighBeam.
		In search of mediocrity: in CRM, marketing and advertising; An overview of the problems that lead to mediocrity in Corporate America.(Publisher's Outlook)(customer relationship management)
	www.encyclopedia.com /searchpool.asp?target=mediocrity (172 words)

	Mediocrity Quotes - Quotation Guide
		There are certain things in which mediocrity is intolerable: poetry, music, painting, public eloquence.
		Women want mediocre men, and men are working to be as mediocre as possible.
		The middlebrow is the man, or woman, of middlebred intelligence who ambles and saunters now on this side of the hedge, now on that, in pursuit of no single object, neither art itself nor life itself, but both mixed indistinguishably, and rather nastily, with money, fame, power, or prestige.
	www.annabelle.net /topics/mediocrity.php (195 words)

	Hoover Institution - Daily Report Archives - Engineering Mediocrity
		The impulse behind racial preferences is essentially an expedient that allows institutions to win their moral legitimacy as nonracist institutions whether or not the formerly oppressed achieve an actual parity of skills.
		The mechanism by which racial preferences engineer “inclusion” is a tolerance of mediocrity in minorities—allowing mediocrity to win for them what only excellence wins for others.
		In a segregated state such as Florida, this brings in more fl students to the University of Florida because it makes 20 percent of the students in inner-city schools eligible where previously only a small percentage were eligible.
	www.hoover.org /pubaffairs/dailyreport/archive/2867071.html (619 words)

	Habitual Mediocrity vs. Routine Excellence
		Top advisors know that the time and money they spend on the details is an investment, not a cost.
		If these decisions sound familiar, chances are you’re existing in a world of habitual mediocrity.
		In a culture of habitual mediocrity, you become a “reactor.” Reactors don’t have time to be creative, service-driven or focused on quality.
	www.advisortoday.com /200606/habitualmediocrity.html (457 words)

	Manton Reece: Mediocrity is the new application platform
		Mediocre web applications think that a single web browser window is an entire windowing system with movable child windows.
		The truly great ones have a foundation and design that would still be unrivaled in a desktop app.
		This work is licensed under the Creative Commons "Attribution" License.
	www.manton.org /2006/03/mediocrity_is_the.html (857 words)

	Amazon.com: Addicted to Mediocrity: Contemporary Christians and the Arts: Books: Franky Schaeffer,Kurt Mitchell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		I was left to puzzle out specific examples of mediocre art, no specific examples were given.
		Certainly that does detract from the book, and from the author's point somewhat, but this is no reason not to recommend it, as the point that is made is so very important.
		In fact, for the average Christian (or artist who is a Christian), it does quite well to serve as a basic and quick understanding of the mediocrity of contemporary Christian art and thinking.
	amazon.com /Addicted-Mediocrity-Century-Christians-Arts/dp/0891073531 (1999 words)

	Home Page For mediocrity - What is mediocrity?
		Art Activities - A growing list of activities for exploring mediocrity using techniques from the creative arts such as brainstorming, cartooning, drawing, sculpture, poetry, etc. See other peoples artworks and contribute your own.
		Etymology - The origin of the word mediocrity in English.
		Languages -The Translation, Meaning, Etymology, Arts of mediocrity explored in other languages.
	humanityquest.com /topic/Index.asp?theme1=mediocrity (229 words)

	Delusions of Mediocrity - Wizards of the Coast
		The first PTQ season is under way, and the format is Time Spiral Sealed Deck with a Top 8 Booster Draft.
		When Delusions of Mediocrity comes into play, you gain 10 life.
		When Delusions of Mediocrity leaves play, you lose 10 life.
	www.wizards.com /magic/autocard.asp?name=Delusions+of+Mediocrity (95 words)

	Haverford College Mediocrity Club (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Haverford College Mediocrity Club, based at (but not limited to) Haverford College, was founded in the spring of 1997 by four brave young souls (Deb Nemens, David Rothstein, Suzanne Scala and Amanda Sloane).
		Its goal, as stated in the club's charter e-mail message, "is to cultivate an appreciation for the WORST of the WORST, for that which is the worst cannot help but elevate those who are mediocre.
		The William McGonagall Home Page, dedicated to the worst poet in the history of mankind, is a site not to be missed by true connoisseurs of mediocrity.
	astrosun.tn.cornell.edu /~droth/mediocrity2.html (259 words)

	What is "mediocrity" to you?
		I think the mediocrity goes with only being in the final AP top 25, twice in 8 years.
		The difference between truly mediocre programs and good programs (who only rarely swim in mediocre waters) is in (a) having the successful seasons at all, and (b) stringing those successes together from time to time.
		As the first reply says, finishing 3rd or 4th in the West on a regular basis is a pretty good definition of mediocrity.
	www.hogville.net /yabbse/index.php?topic=84338.0 (2722 words)

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