| > it is a luxury and we only put up with it because they are wealthy. You're right, but let's see this in a different way. Let's not devalue Art too much. What you speak of is a more general
problem, that the race is not to the swift... Humanity faces myriad
problems, all solvable by smart, motivated young people. Yet we fail
because we do not motivate, reward and support them to become all they
can be. We turn their "solid technical contributions" around and make
them the very thing that keeps us stuck in bureaucracy and systemised
hopelessness. Without the spark of "art", the imagination that
Einstein and Feynman spoke of, teche is no more valuable than wanky
modern art [1]. Our interregnum then becomes one of disappointment and frustration for
most, who cannot exercise their power as creative, rational and
compassionate beings. Ironically, the thing that often signals a new
direction and seeds revolutionary progress is Art. It's proper place
is in the hands of the poor and disenfranchised. In the hands of the
trustafarians it's just more stuckness for the status quo. Creativity is not a product. It's an attitude, as applicable to
computer science as to sculpture, oil painting, or music. [1] see C.P Snow's "Two Cultures"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Two_Cultures |