[[Notes]] - Topics: [[Perspective]], [[Self-understanding]] - People: [[Yana Buhrer Tavanier]] - Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz0Xcneakeg --- ## Summary - [[If you're always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be]]. - [[Normal is typically used as a synonym for "typical", "expected" and even "correct"]]. - [[No one perfectly fits the idea of being perfectly normal]]. - Normalcy can be weaponized targeting people the further they deviate from the average - [[Diversity is the true normal]]. - [[Always be yourself]]. ## Notes ### No one is normal - [[If you're always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be]]. - [[Normal is typically used as a synonym for "typical", "expected" and even "correct"]]. - [[No one perfectly fits the idea of being perfectly normal]]. - No one is perfectly normal yet we strive to be perfectly normal. - "Normal doesn't describe a single data point, but a pattern of diversity, the average many within a range". - Normalcy apply to individuals is reflected by how closely they adhere to the average. - Normalcy may be an oversimplification of data applied in flawed ways. - Statistics often draw from the weird - Western, educated, industrialized rich and democratic. - [[Always be yourself]]. Do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it. ### Harm - "Inaccurate definitions of normal used to make decisions that impact people's lives can do real harm". - Hypothetical inaccurate portrayals of normalcy can do real harm. - "The eugenics movement of the early 20th century weaponized the concept of normal". - Never weaponized the concept of normal to achieve results through harm. - Discrimination resides mostly along the deviations from normalcy. - [[Diversity is the true normal]] - It is normal not to be normal. ## Original ![[What is normal and what is different?-1.jpg]] ![[What is normal and what is different?-2.jpg]]