[Leica] declining quality of writing

[feli at creocollective.com (Feli di Giorgio)]

On Wed, 2004-06-23 at 16:41, Oliver wrote:
> Dan wrote: <snip> "...it seems obvious that the quality of education, as a
> whole, and the children who are the product of that education are
> slipping into a morass of mediocrity."
> I remember a Congressman going on and on (in the 1970s) in the House about
> some newspaper's citicism of mediocrity in American education, finally
> concluding his remarks with the ringing phrase, "What's wrong with
> mediocrity?"
> Oliver Bryk

A few years ago I read "The Fountainhead". This is by far the scariest book 
I have ever come across. I don't agree with a lot of Rand's philosophy; 
it's a little too red meat, survival of the fittest for my taste, but the
way she describes the rise of mediocrity and "the lowest common denominator"
thinking is a real eye opener. Especially because the parallels to our world
and the one she describes in the book and are just a little too close for 
comfort.


Feli