Creativity
(posted on behalf of Levi Price, who's having technical difficulties, as they say...)
In The Foundation and Earth by Isaac Asimov, there is the insinuation that increased unity and decreased individualism causes creativity to be stifled. The main character has chosen to set the universe on the path to total unity in which everything will be telepathically connected. Actually it is more than just a connection, in a way they become part of a large organisms. The people become like cells of the body – all separate individual cells but at the same time working as parts of the body for the common good.
Oh, and as side note, it is not only the people that are connected but also other animals, plants, bacteria and even the rocks. In the end all the matter of the galaxy will become one giant organism.
The main character is torn by his decision because he believes that people will lose there creativity when they are absorbed into this mega organism. He believes that creativity is dependent on independence. If there is no independent thinking, there is no original thought, right? But then I got to thinking, are humans not most creative when they are communicating with each other through books and discussion. We build upon each other when we unite our minds. On the other hand he might be right. Are there not times when the individual is right and the majority right? What would happen to dissenting opinions?
-Levi Price
(posted on behalf of Levi Price, who's having technical difficulties, as they say...)
In The Foundation and Earth by Isaac Asimov, there is the insinuation that increased unity and decreased individualism causes creativity to be stifled. The main character has chosen to set the universe on the path to total unity in which everything will be telepathically connected. Actually it is more than just a connection, in a way they become part of a large organisms. The people become like cells of the body – all separate individual cells but at the same time working as parts of the body for the common good.
Oh, and as side note, it is not only the people that are connected but also other animals, plants, bacteria and even the rocks. In the end all the matter of the galaxy will become one giant organism.
The main character is torn by his decision because he believes that people will lose there creativity when they are absorbed into this mega organism. He believes that creativity is dependent on independence. If there is no independent thinking, there is no original thought, right? But then I got to thinking, are humans not most creative when they are communicating with each other through books and discussion. We build upon each other when we unite our minds. On the other hand he might be right. Are there not times when the individual is right and the majority right? What would happen to dissenting opinions?
-Levi Price
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