Is creativity no longer an option that increases efficiency and effectiveness of real resources in the long run but also but necessary in a complex adaptive society faced with emergent challenges some of which are existential? Sir Ken Robinson thinks so. R. Buckminster (Bucky) Fuller thought so.
One of the key rationale for libertarianism of both left and right is freedom to explore, which is a necessary condition for development and expression of creativity. Some even so far as to hold that creativity is a key feature of human nature and the ability to develop creativity is a natural right. Those deprived of that right risk failure to become truly human.
This is a key argument against the wages system as being a form of slavery that treats humans as less than human in treating labor as other commodities exchanged for money in commodity markets. It is also a deep critique of the class system in that it prevents all classes from expressing the potential of their species nature owing to the conditions under which people live. See Marx's theory of alienation and Marx's theory of human nature,
As a life scientist, Roger Erickson is constantly emphasizing the significance of adaptive rate and return on coordination for a complex adaptive system to meet and exceed the challenges of emergence. Broadly speaking, creativity is a necessary condition for this, and incubating creativity is therefore of the highest priority.
The most significant matter is that since creativity is natural, nothing needs to be added. Rather, the obstacles just need to be removed. This can be accomplished through enlightened approaches to education and management that prioritize the important rather than mistaking the trivial for the important.
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I cant imagine a better argument for free Phd level education for all. The return on that investment would be off the charts in the long term for what $200 billion a year? As if the permanent addition of a 1% of GDP deficit would cause any inflation. And seeing as money is free to produce for the Govt, where is the downside? Yet another example of the evil consequence the metals mentality have over mankind.
Samuel Gompers wanted to strengthen labour in part to provide workers with the time and support to have broader education -- universities in the workplace.
With urbanization and the increased leisure that industrial productivity universal schooling become possible. The ownership class supported it because they needed more skilled worker in industry than were needed in agriculture.
Now that humanity is entering the information age through the digital revolution, new opportunities have become available, and this is just the beginning. Education has to be re-envisioned in terms of new circumstances and potential.
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