#mediocrity — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #mediocrity, aggregated by home.social.
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Ah, yet another GitHub gem promising to revolutionize AI agent skills with a test runner that will surely change the world 🌎. We all know the real skill needed here is navigating GitHub's ever-confusing menu just to find the darn thing 🤦♂️. But hey, at least now we can 'test' our way to mediocrity! 🎉
https://github.com/darkrishabh/agent-skills-eval #GitHubGem #AIRevolution #TestRunner #NavigatingGitHub #Mediocrity #HackerNews #ngated -
In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.
-- Robert Green Ingersoll⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #RobertGreenIngersoll #Genius #Mediocrity
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Pictographs #RockArt #DefianceHouse #LakePowell #Utah
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Behold, the manifesto for #oversharing your half-baked ideas like a modern-day Plato, but with less toga and more #toolbelt 🤦♂️🔧. It's a love letter to #mediocrity, where watching someone pick a color palette is the highlight of your day. Ah, the sweet smell of artisanal boredom 🍆💤.
https://notes.andymatuschak.org/Work_with_the_garage_door_up #modernPlato #artisanalboredom #HackerNews #ngated -
Behold, the manifesto for #oversharing your half-baked ideas like a modern-day Plato, but with less toga and more #toolbelt 🤦♂️🔧. It's a love letter to #mediocrity, where watching someone pick a color palette is the highlight of your day. Ah, the sweet smell of artisanal boredom 🍆💤.
https://notes.andymatuschak.org/Work_with_the_garage_door_up #modernPlato #artisanalboredom #HackerNews #ngated -
Behold, the manifesto for #oversharing your half-baked ideas like a modern-day Plato, but with less toga and more #toolbelt 🤦♂️🔧. It's a love letter to #mediocrity, where watching someone pick a color palette is the highlight of your day. Ah, the sweet smell of artisanal boredom 🍆💤.
https://notes.andymatuschak.org/Work_with_the_garage_door_up #modernPlato #artisanalboredom #HackerNews #ngated -
Behold, the manifesto for #oversharing your half-baked ideas like a modern-day Plato, but with less toga and more #toolbelt 🤦♂️🔧. It's a love letter to #mediocrity, where watching someone pick a color palette is the highlight of your day. Ah, the sweet smell of artisanal boredom 🍆💤.
https://notes.andymatuschak.org/Work_with_the_garage_door_up #modernPlato #artisanalboredom #HackerNews #ngated -
Behold, the manifesto for #oversharing your half-baked ideas like a modern-day Plato, but with less toga and more #toolbelt 🤦♂️🔧. It's a love letter to #mediocrity, where watching someone pick a color palette is the highlight of your day. Ah, the sweet smell of artisanal boredom 🍆💤.
https://notes.andymatuschak.org/Work_with_the_garage_door_up #modernPlato #artisanalboredom #HackerNews #ngated -
Lurie identifies the following types of stooges enabling the Trump regime:
The opportunist stooge (Todd Blanche)
The sub-mediocre stooge (Pam Bondi, Kristi Noem, Pete Hegseth, and Markwayne Mullin)
The career GOP politician stooge (Mike Johnson)
The billionaire stooge (Bezos, Zuckerberg, Tim Cook)
The soul-selling stooge (Robert Giuffra, Paul Weiss)
#Trump #Republicans #mediocrity #stupidity #corruption #opportunism
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Lurie identifies the following types of stooges enabling the Trump regime:
The opportunist stooge (Todd Blanche)
The sub-mediocre stooge (Pam Bondi, Kristi Noem, Pete Hegseth, and Markwayne Mullin)
The career GOP politician stooge (Mike Johnson)
The billionaire stooge (Bezos, Zuckerberg, Tim Cook)
The soul-selling stooge (Robert Giuffra, Paul Weiss)
#Trump #Republicans #mediocrity #stupidity #corruption #opportunism
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Lurie identifies the following types of stooges enabling the Trump regime:
The opportunist stooge (Todd Blanche)
The sub-mediocre stooge (Pam Bondi, Kristi Noem, Pete Hegseth, and Markwayne Mullin)
The career GOP politician stooge (Mike Johnson)
The billionaire stooge (Bezos, Zuckerberg, Tim Cook)
The soul-selling stooge (Robert Giuffra, Paul Weiss)
#Trump #Republicans #mediocrity #stupidity #corruption #opportunism
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Lurie identifies the following types of stooges enabling the Trump regime:
The opportunist stooge (Todd Blanche)
The sub-mediocre stooge (Pam Bondi, Kristi Noem, Pete Hegseth, and Markwayne Mullin)
The career GOP politician stooge (Mike Johnson)
The billionaire stooge (Bezos, Zuckerberg, Tim Cook)
The soul-selling stooge (Robert Giuffra, Paul Weiss)
#Trump #Republicans #mediocrity #stupidity #corruption #opportunism
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Lurie identifies the following types of stooges enabling the Trump regime:
The opportunist stooge (Todd Blanche)
The sub-mediocre stooge (Pam Bondi, Kristi Noem, Pete Hegseth, and Markwayne Mullin)
The career GOP politician stooge (Mike Johnson)
The billionaire stooge (Bezos, Zuckerberg, Tim Cook)
The soul-selling stooge (Robert Giuffra, Paul Weiss)
#Trump #Republicans #mediocrity #stupidity #corruption #opportunism
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David R. Lurie says,
"While the end point is unclear, Trump’s would-be dictatorship is politically broken. And as Trump’s mental and physical dissipation increases by the day, it’s increasingly important to focus on the network of stooges that have built and sustained his regime."
#Trump #Republicans #mediocrity #stupidity #corruption #opportunism #ToddBlanche #PeteHegseth #KristiNoem #MikeJohnson #JeffBezos #MarkZuckerberg #PaulWeiss #RobertGiuffra #MarkwayneMullin /1
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David R. Lurie says,
"While the end point is unclear, Trump’s would-be dictatorship is politically broken. And as Trump’s mental and physical dissipation increases by the day, it’s increasingly important to focus on the network of stooges that have built and sustained his regime."
#Trump #Republicans #mediocrity #stupidity #corruption #opportunism #ToddBlanche #PeteHegseth #KristiNoem #MikeJohnson #JeffBezos #MarkZuckerberg #PaulWeiss #RobertGiuffra #MarkwayneMullin /1
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David R. Lurie says,
"While the end point is unclear, Trump’s would-be dictatorship is politically broken. And as Trump’s mental and physical dissipation increases by the day, it’s increasingly important to focus on the network of stooges that have built and sustained his regime."
#Trump #Republicans #mediocrity #stupidity #corruption #opportunism #ToddBlanche #PeteHegseth #KristiNoem #MikeJohnson #JeffBezos #MarkZuckerberg #PaulWeiss #RobertGiuffra #MarkwayneMullin /1
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David R. Lurie says,
"While the end point is unclear, Trump’s would-be dictatorship is politically broken. And as Trump’s mental and physical dissipation increases by the day, it’s increasingly important to focus on the network of stooges that have built and sustained his regime."
#Trump #Republicans #mediocrity #stupidity #corruption #opportunism #ToddBlanche #PeteHegseth #KristiNoem #MikeJohnson #JeffBezos #MarkZuckerberg #PaulWeiss #RobertGiuffra #MarkwayneMullin /1
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David R. Lurie says,
"While the end point is unclear, Trump’s would-be dictatorship is politically broken. And as Trump’s mental and physical dissipation increases by the day, it’s increasingly important to focus on the network of stooges that have built and sustained his regime."
#Trump #Republicans #mediocrity #stupidity #corruption #opportunism #ToddBlanche #PeteHegseth #KristiNoem #MikeJohnson #JeffBezos #MarkZuckerberg #PaulWeiss #RobertGiuffra #MarkwayneMullin /1
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A quotation from Josh Billings
It iz one ov the hardest things on earth for a man to learn,—that he plays a third rate game ov whist.
[It is one of the hardest things on earth for a man to learn — that he plays a third-rate game of whist.]Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1871-09 (1871 ed.)More about this quote: wist.info/billings-josh/82836/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #joshbillings #cardgames #cards #competitiveness #inferiority #limitations #mediocrity #quality #selfassessment #selfawareness #selfjudgment #whist
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A quotation from Josh Billings
It iz one ov the hardest things on earth for a man to learn,—that he plays a third rate game ov whist.
[It is one of the hardest things on earth for a man to learn — that he plays a third-rate game of whist.]Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1871-09 (1871 ed.)More about this quote: wist.info/billings-josh/82836/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #joshbillings #cardgames #cards #competitiveness #inferiority #limitations #mediocrity #quality #selfassessment #selfawareness #selfjudgment #whist
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A quotation from Josh Billings
It iz one ov the hardest things on earth for a man to learn,—that he plays a third rate game ov whist.
[It is one of the hardest things on earth for a man to learn — that he plays a third-rate game of whist.]Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1871-09 (1871 ed.)More about this quote: wist.info/billings-josh/82836/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #joshbillings #cardgames #cards #competitiveness #inferiority #limitations #mediocrity #quality #selfassessment #selfawareness #selfjudgment #whist
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A quotation from Josh Billings
It iz one ov the hardest things on earth for a man to learn,—that he plays a third rate game ov whist.
[It is one of the hardest things on earth for a man to learn — that he plays a third-rate game of whist.]Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1871-09 (1871 ed.)More about this quote: wist.info/billings-josh/82836/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #joshbillings #cardgames #cards #competitiveness #inferiority #limitations #mediocrity #quality #selfassessment #selfawareness #selfjudgment #whist
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“The principle of popular election is a fatal folly; its results are visible in every so-called democracy. The elected man is always the mediocrity; he is the safe man, the sound man, the man who displeases the majority less than any other; and therefore never the genius, the man of progress and illumination.” https://library.hrmtc.com/2026/02/05/the-principle-of-popular-election-is-a-fatal-folly-its-results-are-visible-in-every-so-called-democracy-the-elected-man-is-always-the-mediocrity-he-is-the-safe-man-the-sound-man-the-man-who-dis/ #aleisterCrowley #always #AnIntimationWithReferenceToTheConstitutionOfTheOrder #book #book194 #democracy #displeases #electedMan #every #fatalFolly #genius #illumination #liberCxciv #majorityLessThanAnyOther #man #mediocrity #never #ordoTempliOrientis #OTO #popularElection #principle #progress #quote #results #safe #soCalled #sound #visible -
"Don't be average. Don’t be boring. Be bold. Be fascinating!" - Futurist Jim Carroll
2025 is almost a wrap.
And that brings me to 279 days of my Daily Inspiration post in 2025, continuing the tradition that began early in August 2016, where each workday involves a bit of fresh new insight.
Since then, I have not missed ONE single workday. Come hell or high water, power failure or jet lag, the post has gone out!
Here's a slideshow of what I wrote in 2025. 279 inspirations! Today marks 280!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJpEdbKByLE
And then it starts all over again tomorrow, on Thursday, January 1, 2026 - with my "10 Great Words for 2026," which itself began in 2006.
If you haven't signed up, join the 1/4 million who get it every day.Do so at subscribe.jimcarroll.com
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There's no doubt that there's a lot of challenge to come in 2026, but there's also a lot of opportunity.Opportunities become even bigger when exponential trends become a reality.
But here's the thing - it's up to you whether you will turn it into an opportunity, or whether the challenge will bury you.
It depends on the choices you make and the actions you take.
But there is a dark side to velocity.
If you choose to let the challenges rule, you'll slide into mediocrity like
everyone else - you'll embrace it.But if you decide to be bold, be daring, you'll escape it - and you'll find it absolutely fascinating!
So what's your choice - are you going to embrace, or escape, the potential for mediocrity that is in front of us with this exponential world?
You need to think about the issue of mediocrity in terms of your personal choice and the company you are involved with. If you decide to do boring things and chase average, you'll be mediocre. If you choose to be bold, you'll find things to be far more fascinating! If you take a mediocre organization and give it average tools and vague objectives, you don't get innovation. You get accelerated incompetence.
I explored this side of the equation in my satire "Embracing Mediocrity"—a guide on how to do the bare minimum—and its antidote, "Escaping Mediocrity." In the past, you could survive being "average" because the market moved slowly. You could hide in the margins.
You should choose to buy the books right now. Be bold! You'll find them to be fascinating!
Visit mediocirity.jimcarrolll.com. Use the code BEBOLD, and you'll get 20% off!
Here's what you need to think about.
Read the full post.
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Futurist Jim Carroll will resume his Daily Inspiration tomorrow with his 10 Great Words for 2026.
**#Mediocrity** **#Bold** **#Fascinating** **#Average** **#Uniqueness** **#Creativity** **#Exponential** **#Leadership** **#Moonshot** **#Excellence**
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📸🤦♂️ Nathan Rooy discovers that flashy websites are like McDonald's cheeseburgers: popular for being just "good enough." Instead of a gourmet web experience, it's a buffet of #mediocrity sourced from Common Crawl's greatest hits. Web connoisseurs, prepare to feast on the bland! 🍔💻
https://nry.me/posts/2025-10-09/small-web-screenshots/ #flashywebsites #webdesign #cheeseburgers #CommonCrawl #HackerNews #ngated -
Vox wails about #Frances #Allen, a coder who dared to actually make things work, thus ensuring her swift erasure from the annals of overhyped #tech #mediocrity 🙄🖥️. After all, who needs #efficiency when you can have #bloated #code that everyone remembers? 🤷♂️📉
https://voxmeditantis.com/2025/12/13/frances-elizabeth-allen-the-woman-who-made-code-run-fast-and-was-forgotten-because-it-worked/ #Vox #coding #HackerNews #ngated -
In 2014, I wrote "#Humankind (hopefully) will not be extinguished by its own #bombs. The main reasons for our demise will be #mediocrity and #indifference."
In 2017, I blogged about that: https://karl-voit.at/2017/03/06/mediocrity/
And today: "#UN slams world’s ‘#apathy’ in launching aid appeal for 2026" https://manilastandard.net/news/world/314677768/un-slams-worlds-apathy-in-launching-aid-appeal-for-2026.html
Sometimes, I really hate it when I'm right. 😔
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🚀 Ah, the modern-day alchemist: turning #AI into GitHub gold, one #buzzword at a time. 🙄 With #WebMCP, you too can skip actual coding and let an algorithm flail its way to "intelligent" app nirvana. Just don't forget to sign in; we wouldn't want you to miss the AI's dazzling display of #mediocrity. 🤖✨
https://github.com/jasonjmcghee/WebMCP #Goldmine #Alchemy #AppDevelopment #HackerNews #ngated -
A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson
There is a strong feeling in favour of cowardly and prudential proverbs. The sentiments of a man while he is full of ardour and hope are to be received, it is supposed, with some qualification. But when the same person has ignominiously failed and begins to eat up his words, he should be listened to like an oracle. 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. And since mediocre people constitute the bulk of humanity, this is no doubt very properly so. But it does not follow that the one sort of proposition is any less true than the other, or that Icarus is not to be more praised, and perhaps more envied, than Mr. Samuel Budgett the Successful Merchant.
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
Essay (1878-03), “Crabbed Age and Youth,” Cornhill Magazine, Vol. 38More info about this quote: wist.info/stevenson-robert-lou…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertlouisstevenson #aphorism #apprehension #cowardice #discouragement #fear #humility #mediocrity #proverb #restraint #saying #wisdom
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LinkedIn is that special place where "professional" means sharing your daily breakfast pic with a sprinkle of corporate jargon.🥐💼 But hey, at least your meticulously crafted, utterly profound 3-minute read on why #LinkedIn is mediocre has found its true calling—right there amidst the toxic #mediocrity.🎉
https://www.elliotcsmith.com/linkedin-toxic-mediocrity/ #CorporateJargon #BreakfastPics #ProfessionalNetworking #ToxicCulture #HackerNews #ngated -
🤖 Ah, another "next evolution" piece on #AI, as if we needed more buzzword salad in the marketplace of #mediocrity. 🤦♂️ Let’s marvel at the groundbreaking thesis that #agents will somehow be #proactive, unlike that reactive #ChatGPT, which has definitely been a major concern for literally everyone. 🙄
https://blog.nishantsoni.com/p/from-ai-to-agents-to-agencies-the #Evolution #Buzzwords #HackerNews #ngated -
The ultimate way to accelerate your innovation efforts comes from confronting what's holding you back, and understanding what will move you forward.
That's what Embracing Mediocrity and Escaping Mediocrity are designed to do. Working together, both books provide you with powerful insight into your challenges and opportunities.
Join the many others who have found the power of the insight they provide, in short, sharp, digestible shocks of insight.
Learn more at mediocrity.jimcarroll.com
Now available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and direct from me!
**#Innovation** **#Growth** **#Insight** **#Overcome** **#Accelerate** **#Progress** **#Unlock** **#Clarity** **#Breakthrough** **#Mediocrity**
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The ultimate way to accelerate your innovation efforts comes from confronting what's holding you back, and understanding what will move you forward.
That's what Embracing Mediocrity and Escaping Mediocrity are designed to do. Working together, both books provide you with powerful insight into your challenges and opportunities.
Join the many others who have found the power of the insight they provide, in short, sharp, digestible shocks of insight.
Learn more at mediocrity.jimcarroll.com
Now available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and direct from me!
**#Innovation** **#Growth** **#Insight** **#Overcome** **#Accelerate** **#Progress** **#Unlock** **#Clarity** **#Breakthrough** **#Mediocrity**
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Matt's revelation: Contrary to popular belief, not every #startup needs to be a mystical creature 🦄 to succeed. Instead, aim for #mediocrity while hoping someone at #WPP will buy your mundane #dreams. 🙄✨
https://mattgiustwilliamson.substack.com/p/your-startup-doesnt-need-to-be-a #success #revelation #HackerNews #HackerNews #ngated -
When we're young, we desperately want to fit in.
We don't want to be different.
No one likes the "weird kid."But, being the same as everyone else is a recipe for #mediocrity later in life.
Dare to be #different.
Dare to be #weird.Leverage your #uniqueness as an asset.
People who stand out get noticed.
They get better #opportunities.
They get promoted.
They get hired.https://www.instagram.com/reel/CnzlIs3J1As/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=
