Mediocrity is the norm or social evil?

Genius or even just a talented personto be born No matter what they say to us about the need for hard and hard work (by the way, we don’t deny it at all), without the instincts and abilities, without a psychophysiological predisposition for creativity, to achieve significant results

difficult.But why do people with such contempt speak of “mediocrity” about someone? This can be heard at school, in high school, and in any team. We unwittingly envy talented, successful. And we stigmatize those who - as it seems to us - do not stand out at all.

What is mediocrity?Is this a norm or deviation? When we think about the very meaning of a word, its etymology (internal form) often helps to understand the essence of a concept. Mediocrity is that which lies between the extreme points. Theoretically, between plus and minus. So why is it bad? Is observance of the "golden mean" is not approved by society? However, if, for example, the scale

intelligence we will display in the form of a coordinate systemwhere plus is genius, and the extreme minus is its complete absence (from oligophrenia to anencephaly), it becomes clear that mediocrity is zero. Starting point, nothing. Nobody wants to be zero. Just as no one wants to be considered mediocre, meaningless and not capable of anything. Is this not our dislike for this concept?

Extreme mediocrity of thinking is an inability,unwillingness or inability to go beyond the standards established by dogma, stereotypes. A creative approach, in principle, has always been the engine of progress and development. However, it is only recently that sociologists and psychologists have set themselves the problem of "mediocrity as a social danger." Is it really a terrible phenomenon? How can it be dangerous?

Ведь традиционно люди настороженно относились к those who are in any direction strongly deviates from the generally accepted "norm". Geniuses were often outcasts, eccentrics, outcasts. Just as mentally handicapped people, although it was to them that more

condescension.But in recent decades, such concepts and personality traits as extraordinary, unusual, and creative have been actively cultivated. Psychology, pedagogy, and other sciences that study man are engaged in this. So what is the danger of mediocrity? After all, the very standard, standard solution of the tasks and problems can not be considered a sin. Just as creativity cannot be an end in itself. It seems that mediocrity is considered undesirable and dangerous, primarily because of the tendency to conformism. To follow the crowd, the herd. To ensure that blindly and mindlessly perform someone else's will. And it is precisely with this that humanity has come face to face especially tragically in the last hundred years.

In theory, in a society with traditional moralwith abilities, with a solid value system, mediocre people follow them and accept them if only because everyone does it. And nothing wrong with that. Another thing is that if there are no such principles, if either a dictatorship or anarchy is strong, the inability to stand out from the crowd and the desire for blind submission can be dangerous precisely because of its mass character. Mediocrity does not analyze the causes of the phenomenon, does not delve into the essence. It merges with the crowd because "this is necessary" and "everyone does it this way." This is the main problem. However, is mediocrity eradicated?