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RE: Learning and Innovation Go Hand in Hand
Excellent article. I think the biggest problem in American culture is the fact that our school systems are not embracing the culture and it is drying out. I believe our children should still be allowed to be creative and we should stop eliminating the classes that draw out imagination or we are going to end up being a society that creates nothing. A lot has changed since JFK's speech.
Thank you @qezzit.
Creative and innovative people do make good sheeple. People who think outside of the box are required for innovation and advances. But that makes them dangerous for the status quo. They have the nasty trait of questioning and challenging what is orthodox.
A great example of this, is the crisis the CIA/NSA ect. faced after Snowden leaked their information. Smart people such as him are needed to keep their operations going, and ahead in the "race". However, as mentioned before, and evident by Snowden, the establishment now had a huge problem on its hands when with recruiting new people. The more rigorous the process of weeding out "undesirables" means fewer star performers.
I feel this translates globally on the whole, and not just the USA.
We are in a peak period of innovation, which therefore means a peak period of disruption to every establishment, whether, it be government, the corporations who own them, the media now challenged by the internet (fake news), banking and finance challenged by cryptocurrencies, coal and petrochemical by renewalbles.
What we are witnessing, is on par with advent of the Guttenburg printing press, that facilitated wresting the control of people's thoughts and conscience from Catholic Church, and the spread of other faiths. It ultimately underpinned the development of science, allowing for the dissemination of ideas, theories and research.
So, just as in Guttenburg's day, we perhaps should not look to the establishment to further the development of ourselves or society, as their imperative is to retain control at all costs, but rather to private innovators such as Elon Musk, who is bringing renewable energy solutions to the world, terrestrial as well as extraterrestrial transport developments.
It comes down to who we choose to follow, and or if we choose ourselves choose to lead the way.
Their is hope and opportunity in the world. The choice is ours.