Comment on Average is all you needparentComments−CodeyWhizzBang4moA car that starts 50% of the time isn't "average". The average new car starts more or less every time. (And if you said 'modal average', I'd say the modal average new car starts every time).−JackSlateur4moIt is not average today because people in the past tried to do better, not average things−CodeyWhizzBang4moI think that's maybe the point of the article:"Whereas before, average was expensive in terms of both time and effort, average became cheap."
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A car that starts 50% of the time isn't "average". The average new car starts more or less every time. (And if you said 'modal average', I'd say the modal average new car starts every time).
It is not average today because people in the past tried to do better, not average things
I think that's maybe the point of the article:
"Whereas before, average was expensive in terms of both time and effort, average became cheap."