[notes] - bell curves

Notes/absurdity.md

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+---
+title: Absurdity
+layout: column.njk
+tags: column
+permalink: /notes/absurdity/
+---
+
 ## Rough Notes
 
 
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 ## Questions
+- What makes a good story?
+    - the situation?
+    - the narration?
+    - what are the rules?!
+    - Rules are about as compelling as a yield sign
+        - It doesn't even have the gravity of a full-on stop
+        - It's just a non-committal suggestion that you might have a better time if you don't do the thing right away
+    - Rules pave over context. They omit the story by design.
+        - Betty got hit by a semi on this corner. Her parents sued, so they installed some flashing lights, and added safety paint.
+    - So seeking out rules feels like paving over the ground: it might make the drive easier, but it leaves less room for the plants to grow
+- What does it mean to be tragically normal?
+    - Can you still be considered normal? The tragic part seems to put you into into some kind of exceptional bucket.
+    - It's like being painfully average. I feel like it's taken a sharp edge from dead-center.
+    - But if there are so many categories of 'not-'average, then being dead center starts to feel more exclusive.
+        - How many people do you know who grew up with 2.5 kids?
+            - What did they do with the half?
+            - Or, where did it come from?
+    - So if being average is actually quite rare, then its more common to not be?
 
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+{% include "bell-curve.svg" %}
 
 ## Synthesis