THE VN/VO by Christopher J. Falvey | ARTICLESUnconventional commentary on politics, society, media, economics, and everything that matters.Baseball Playoffs and the Peril of an Average Culture- October 17, 2005 The evolution of the baseball playoffs- where now even losing teams now have a shot at winning- tells us a lot of about our culture. From the upbringing of our children, through our skewed vision of success as adults, we're a culture that is increasingly permissive of "averageness." How will this fare in a world where competing cultures are forced to be much more crude in their determination of winners and losershttp://www.vnvo.com/stories/baseball_playoffs_peril_an_average_culture_p1.asp |