Name: 为什么你应该拥抱平庸
Uploaded: 2023-12-18T15:57:14Z
Duration: 10 min 40 s
Description: 从“精英”泡菜到“高端”婴儿尿布，营销人员不断告诉我们要寻求优越感，但“根据简单的平均法则，我们大多数人都会过上更平凡的生活，”社会语言学家克里斯平·瑟洛（Crispin Thurlow）表示。他邀请我们拥抱平庸来改变现状，提供了一条无需对比即可或者满足的不同之路。

从“精英”泡菜到“高端”婴儿尿布，营销人员不断告诉我们要寻求优越感，但“根据简单的平均法则，我们大多数人都会过上更平凡的生活，”社会语言学家克里斯平·瑟洛（Crispin Thurlow）表示。他邀请我们拥抱平庸来改变现状，提供了一条无需对比即可或者满足的不同之路。

为什么你应该拥抱平庸

Constant marketing pushes words like "elite" and "premium" onto everything from pickles to baby diapers, fueling the pressure to achieve or acquire more. Still, by the law of averages, most people will lead ordinary lives. Finding contentment in the middle, rather than relentlessly chasing superiority, can be both liberating and wise. Ordinary does not mean failure; it can offer its own form of privilege and satisfaction.