Why you should embrace mediocrity | Crispin Thurlow

Published: Dec. 18, 2023, 3:57 p.m.

From "elite" pickles to "premium" baby diapers, marketers are constantly telling us to seek superiority \u2014 but "by the simple law of averages, most of us have to live a life more ordinary," says sociolinguist Crispin Thurlow. He invites us to embrace mediocrity for a change, offering a different path to contentedness without comparison.