This paper will examine the link that exists between creativity and solitude, and various implications that creative brilliance may have on society in general and the individual in particular. The focus will be on political, social and economic alterations that creativity produces in an environment. Creativity may flourish in solitude but not all creative things have positive implications. There are always two faces to every coin being tossed around. The cost of creation, especially the ones considered revolutionary, has often been paid by entire humanity in the past. Be it the discovery of nuclear energy, experimentations with artificial intelligence, genetic manipulation, or biological warfare, the list keeps growing endlessly. …show more content…
Once having achieved the goal of creating a conscious, self-aware, AI automaton, man in spirit would become godlike, but as is the case with all great things there is a price to pay. The AI scientist, Nathan, depicted in the movie has successfully created Ava an Artificially Intelligent robot which he puts to a trial in order to obtain insight to its intellectual capacities. Throughout the course of the movie Ava learns to use deceit and manipulation to obtain her freedom and hence preserve. The film ends with the creation killing its creator and hence successfully establishing its intellectual capacity. In order to design this machine Nathan had isolated himself from the world and worked tirelessly to induce his creative brilliance. Nathan was always wary of his creations abilities and kept it imprisoned in his workplace, but it couldn’t have been contained forever. Nathan wanted the world to acknowledge him and his accomplishments and for that purpose he imprisoned himself both mentally and physically with his …show more content…
Schumpeter believed that, “The essential point to grasp is that in dealing with capitalism, we are dealing with an evolutionary process”. As per Schumpeter, the “gale of creative destruction” describes the “process of industrial mutation that incessantly revolutionizes the economic structure from within, incessantly destroying the old one, incessantly creating a new one”. It is of common knowledge that the invention of steam engine by James Watt was a revolutionary creation for mankind, but trains and cars but it in turn destroyed horse-powered travel. The entire value network associated with horses was rendered worthless, that included several industries like, leatherworking and saddle making, cart builders and wheelwrights, horse feed production, etc. This is just a specific case throughout history creativity has destroyed at par with that which it constructed. To quote Mikhail Bakunin, “The urge to destroy is also a creative
According to the author of “The End of Science Fiction”, Lisel Mueller, our creative innovations have come to a halt. This is a four stanza, free verse poem describing how the human race has advanced some much, so fast, that we have become dull and interesting. Mueller uses parallelism, metaphors,allusions, and imagery to help emphasize her point on how it is important for the human race to become more creative to make the world even better.
Dating back to 4th century B.C., links between mental illness and creativity have been documented. Dr. Arnold Ludwig of the United Kingdom examined the lives 1,004 people. The test confirmed a significantly higher prevalence of mental illness in individuals involved in creative professions (poets, fiction writers, visual artists, musicians, composers and those involved in theaters) than those in other professions (business, public office, exploration and natural scienc...
The Myths of Innovation by Scott Berkun completely changed the way I view creativity. I noticed that we all have creativity inside of us; it is by means of expressing our deepest desires and ideas that we display our creativity to others. Burkun destroys myth after myth about innovation, which had me ready to start inventing my first million dollar idea! Berkun outlines ways to tap into innovation and pulls from history to guide us into the future. His simple and common prose gave me courage to tackle the tough problems. I now feel as though I have a firm grasp on what it means to be an effective creator.
This was especially prevalent socially. A prime example would be when Tesla built a hydroelectric plant for Niagara Falls. “Tesla did some things considered impossible for the turn of the century. One such thing was harnessing the power of Niagara Falls. He did so by building a hydroelectric plant, which is simple enough now, but this was a marvel of the time.” People eventually realized from breakthroughs like Tesla’s that we no longer had to be stuck in the positions we were in now, but that there was always more possibilities out there. However, there was more than just the transforming of the human mind that was to be done, but also the transformation of the economy. Before this point, machines were built with mills that would complete a simple task with human intervention, and just human industry. However, the advancements of Tesla and Faraday, mostly inventions and concepts, allowed for a greater economy.The first example would be Faraday. Faraday gave birth to many sciences, even if he hadn’t realized it. One that has affected industry largely has been electrolysis. “A large number of electrolysis processes are employed by industry to refine metals and to produce both inorganic and organic products.” (Lower) In this quote we realize how much we use electrolysis, and not only industry, but also for producing power. We also, of course, must include the impact Tesla has made, which some would say is even greater. Alternating current electricity is the main electricity used today, and much of our industry is Tesla’s legacy being reflected. In A Machine to End War, “‘Were we,' remarks B. A. Behrend, distinguished author and engineer,' to seize and to eliminate the results of Mr. Tesla's work, the wheels of industry would cease to turn, our electric cars and trains would stop, our towns would
As seen in Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, people become unconcerned and uninterested in the world around them because technology closed their minds; they would rather concentrate on their own happiness and wellbeing. If technology does bring mankind to a point where they no longer need to struggle or think, then imagination, creativity, and innovation will cease to exist. Knowledge will become two dimensional and deemed unnecessary. As the author Edward de Bono once said, “There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns.” The use of imagination is what develops the world. Without these things, our world becomes a paper town. Technology is what blocks the flow of creativity and raw innovation. However, some people believe that the benefits of technology overpower these
1.1 Explain evidence, approaches and theories about the benefits of creativity for the well being of children and young people
When the topic of creativity comes up, for most people, the conversation would normally involve art or music. But when I think of creativity, I think of the incredible world of medicine. In this research paper, I argue that creativity isn't just limited to the world of art and literature, but rather it is extremely important even in the medical field. Many advancements have been made in the medical field due to an individual’s discovery or innovative idea. I want to bring awareness to the importance of creativity in the medical field and how it plays a crucial role in the future of medicine. Innovations like the MRI or Gleevec, and the events leading up to the complete eradication of Smallpox, are just a handful of some of the most incredible life-saving medical breakthroughs in modern history. In the world of medicine, peoples creativity has and continues to save thousands of lives everyday, all, one creative idea at a time.
A Creativity Researcher For More Than 30 Years, ihaly Csikszentmihalyi Is A Professor Of Human Development And Education In The Department Of Psychology At The University Of Chicago. He Has Written 13 Books, Including The Best-Seller Flow: The Psychology Of Optimal Experience (Harper Collins, 1991). Here Are Highlights Of His Books “Creativity”. This Book Is About What Makes Life Worth Living. The Creative Excitement Of The Artist At Her Easel Or The Scientist In The Lab Comes As Close To The Ideal Fulfillment As We All Hope To, And So Rarely Do. Professor Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Interviewed More Then Ninety Of Possibly The Most Interesting People In The World - People Like Actor Ed Asner, Authors Robertson Davies And Nadine Gordimer, Scientist Jonas Salk And Linus Pauling, Senator Eugene Mccarthy - Who Have Changed The Way People In Their Fields Think And Work To Find Out How Creativity Has Been A Force In Their Lives. The Author Defines Creativity In A Mode He Designates As “Capital C”, Distinct From Individual Creative Impulses Or Acts That Occur Without Initiating Significant Cultural Change. The Creativity With A Capital C That Is Of Interest To Csikszentmihalyi Is The Act Of Creativity By Which Culture And Cultural Evolution Are Seminally Altered. What Made Galileo And Einstein Think Otherwise And But Couldn’t It Be This? What If They Hadn’t? They Aren’t Around To Ask. But There Are Others Who Are. Creativity Provides A Groundbreaking Overview Of Those Characteristics Shared By Some Of The Most Extraordinary Visionaries Of Our Most Recent Century, Painstakingly Gleaned From Hundreds Of Hours Of Personal Interviews. Finally, It Proposes Ways In Which We Can Capitalize On These Commonalities In Order To Further Creativity In O...
"Killing creativity." The Economist. The Economist Newspaper, 17 Apr. 2004. Web. 28 Mar. 2014. .
With the scheduling of their parents, they have no opportunity to let their minds wander without guidelines. Moreover, the structure put in place has taken away the opportunity for children to develop their own interests outside of what others tell them. Furthermore, they are given countless opportunities to develop their knowledge without room for creativity, and hence become a shallow adult. She argues that creativity leads to the great artists, authors, and composers. Consequently, Quindlen’s argument is that scheduling has stunted children’s creative
Industrial Revolution, which took place over much of the nineteenth century, had many advantages. It provided people with tools for a better life; people were no longer dependent on the land for all of their goods. The Industrial Revolution made it possible for people to control nature more than they ever had before. However, now people were dependent on the new machines of the Industrial Age (1). The Revolution brought with it radical changes in the textile and engine worlds; it was a time of reason and innovations. Although it was a time of progress, there were drawbacks to the headway made in the Industrial Revolution. Granted, it provided solutions to the problems of a world without industry. However, it also created problems with its mechanized inventions that provided new ways of killing. Ironically, there was much public faith in these innovations; however, these were the same inventions that killed so many and contributed to a massive loss of faith. These new inventions made their debut in the first world war (2) ).
... Unquiet Mind, p.72). Such unique ideas and associations provide significant evidence for aid in all types of creativity.
“Creative work… remains a tremendously vital factor in the progress of mankind. The work of the individual still remains the spark which moves mankind ahead.” - Igor Sikorsky
In this notable Ted Talk video "Do schools kill creativity?", Sir Ken Robinson discusses how public education systems demolish creativity because they believe it is essential to the academic growth and success of students. Robinson created a broad arrange of arguments to persuade the viewers to take action on this highly ignored issue, and he primarily focuses on how important creativity is. There are classes within schools that help utilize creativity, but they are not taken seriously by adults in society. Therefore, the value of creative knowledge decreases. Robinson uses an unusual combination of pathos and ethos to make an enjoyable dispute for implementing an education system that nurtures rather than eats away at creativity.
There is an overwhelming amount of evidence of the human race realtion to, creativity and that we all have an interest in education. Education is so important to us because it is the only thing we can use for this unpredicted future. All children have talents, but the education system crushes our creativity because we are taught to think a certain way. Due to the fear of being wrong has led children to no longer be creative which is why many adults lose that “capacity” to be able to be creative. The very few children who are allowed to continue using their creativity tend to not to be as dissatisfied their lives as much as other adults who were not able to pursue passions they truly enjoyed.