''The End of Average: How We Succeed in a World That Values Sameness'' is a book by
Todd Rose
Larry Todd Rose (born November 28, 1974) is the co-founder and president of Populace, a Boston-based think tank. Prior to Populace, Rose was a professor at the Harvard University where he served as the faculty director of the Mind, Brain, and Educ ...
. It was published by
HarperCollins
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in 2016, and talks about the importance of individuality rather than the concept of average human beings.
In this book, the author argues that no individual can be accurately labeled as average. He presents an alternative to understanding individuals solely based on averages. He introduces three principles of individuality - the jaggedness principle (talent is always uneven), the context principle (traits are not fixed), and the pathways principle (we often take unconventional routes).
According to
The New York Times
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, “Readers will be moved to examine their own averagerian prejudices, most so ingrained as to be almost invisible, all worthy of review.” As per
Kirkus Reviews
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, the book is “an intriguing view into the evolution and imperfections of our current system but lacks a clear path toward implementing the proposed principles of individuality.”
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2016 non-fiction books
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