The mediocrity principle : ¼th Of Me
Ours is a world where mediocrity rules. Why else are Chetan Bhagat’s books bestsellers? Why else is Twilight - a frivolous fantasy tale about vampires in love- currently the biggest phenomenon in America? How else has asinine America become a super-power? Why else would a brain-dead Ghajini be one of the most successful Hindi films of all time? Why else do most Indian children read Tinkle instead of Tagore? Why do more people know of Joey Tribbiani’s “How you doin?” line instead of Karl Marx’s “I have a dream” line. Why else is Himesh Reshammiya more popular than Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma? Why else would my blog get more comments than Vir Sanghvi’s?
While I don't agree with Tasneem about putting other, more rational things before excellence (and Ayn Rand would concur), but I am in complete agreement with this last paragraph.
Interesting blog post - pretty well written too.
