[November 1999 journal entry]
Perhaps a statistical model can be related to lifestyle decisions (i.e., standard deviations from the mean). If the goal is to maximize the range of individuals who feel truly welcome in one’s home, then should someone with lifestyle options attempt to live daily one standard deviation below the mean? Does living two or more standard deviations below the mean necessitate/need the motivation/justification of a special reason for one’s lifestyle to form in the direction of being impoverished? Does living one standard deviation above the mean significantly increase the risk of being damaged by materialism? Note that the mean varies from culture to culture and from time to time within a culture. Should one’s point of reference be local? regional? national? international? Must the mean rise in order to improve the circumstances of the impoverished?
Perhaps a statistical model can be related to lifestyle decisions (i.e., standard deviations from the mean). If the goal is to maximize the range of individuals who feel truly welcome in one’s home, then should someone with lifestyle options attempt to live daily one standard deviation below the mean? Does living two or more standard deviations below the mean necessitate/need the motivation/justification of a special reason for one’s lifestyle to form in the direction of being impoverished? Does living one standard deviation above the mean significantly increase the risk of being damaged by materialism? Note that the mean varies from culture to culture and from time to time within a culture. Should one’s point of reference be local? regional? national? international? Must the mean rise in order to improve the circumstances of the impoverished?