I think mediocre people survive very well... they just go about their daily lives.. eating their regular meals and having regular habits and collecting their little niknaks... the only problem arises when they are not happy with that.
They survive quite well by doing boring, mundane and mediocre things. No risk, nothing outrageous, nothing exciting. Just living life safely. Read the morning papers, drink a coffee, eat a spinach sandwich from Wholefoods ."Oh, what a lovely piece of spinach". Go for an 8 AM jog. Go to church, use hand sanitizer after touching every door handle, and basically look down on anybody with a lower financial income.
We survive very well indeed. In the overall scheme of things most of us are mediocre. One of history's grey men, a guy named Paul, put it this way: "I have learned, whatsoever state I am in, therewith to be content." That's not necessarily the best possible advice for an ambitious person, but it certainly helps us handle our mediocrity.
This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at December 9, 2016 6:55 PM MST
It is the mediocre that keep the world running. They take care of the everyday business that needs to get done. And frankly everyone is mediocre at something(s), and everyone shines at something. Just because that shining something isn't a million dollar making thing doesn't make them any less special.
They will not. The coming world demands those with specialized skills and exceptional ability. Those without will be cared for and allowed to free range within limits until their extinction. Not my will but the will of the New World Order about to emerge.
Benedict Arnold 