The Tyranny of the Average: Why the Kia Telluride Recall and Zentia Ceilings Fail a Wembanyama World

The Tyranny of the Average: Why the Kia Telluride Recall and Zentia Ceilings Fail a Wembanyama World

The article examines how modern manufacturing fails by designing for the average. By comparing the Kia Telluride recall and Zentia’s median ceiling heights with the physical height of Victor Wembanyama, it argues for building flexible, high-quality systems that accommodate outliers and reject mediocrity.