The tyranny of the typical
The average is a useful tool, Sara Wilson writes. But when we build systems around what is statistically typical, we routinely fail the people at the edges.
Sara Wilson is a PhD student and a teaching assistant in the Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology at Simon Fraser University.
The average is a useful tool, Sara Wilson writes. But when we build systems around what is statistically typical, we routinely fail the people at the edges.