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What does it mean?
The speaker observes that what was once considered crazy is now common.
In plain terms
Being crazy used to be rare but now everyone is.
What can you take from it?
Consider how normality changes over time.

Where it applies

  • social observation
  • mental health discussion

Putting it to work

  • cultural analysis

Questions to consider

  • What defines crazy in your view?
  • How has society changed regarding behavior?

Another view

It conflates behavior with clinical conditions.

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