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by JackSlateur 65 days ago
Average is all we need ! I mean, working 50% is enough, right ?

A car that starts 50% of the time ?

A plane that stops on 50% of the flights ?

A pacemaker that beats only 50% of the time ?

David Goodenought said that average is enough ..

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A car that starts 50% of the time isn't "average". The average new car starts more or less every time. (And if you said 'modal average', I'd say the modal average new car starts every time).
It is not average today because people in the past tried to do better, not average things
I think that's maybe the point of the article:

"Whereas before, average was expensive in terms of both time and effort, average became cheap."