To be philosophical, there is no such thing as creativity in Man as all we ever do is improve on what already exists. We have never truly created something for ourselves. Chairs: improvisations of logs and stones. Cloning: improvisation of mitosis.

P.s.: Haven't read through any of the posts yet. Just replying to the topic

EDIT: After reading the first page, i just wonder how you can conclude that the younger generation lacks creativity? I don't believe we have reached the point where our generation impacts the world enough to let our flaws and good traits shine just yet.

What kind of creativity are you looking for? Creativity like Einstein's our Van Gogh's? Mozart or Con artists? Creativity is everywhere from how we devise new methods to cheat in tests to how we struggle to find ourselves & on the way create our own philosophies. Don't you think the rapid development of technology is a sign of creativity? Though i must admit that in the field of literature, things often get repetitive, predictable and utterly boring. Twilight, anyone? Though i must say that twilight does help prepubescent girls spark their creativity in creating their own versions of the oh,so perfect Edward Cullen (I'm sorry, the series simply disgusts me that any intellectual beings could worship it)

I don't believe that our generation is any worse off than the previous generations just because we're more shielded. Though i must say, i envy the days when you could just spend your days lying on a hill to watch the sky. In every generation there will be some who are more creative than others. You probably just haven't met them yet

This post has been edited by pllx: Nov 15 2009, 04:46 AM

I agree that our national education system is not conducive to the growth of creativity, but it does exist. We don't just study and exam. Not all of us at least. I enjoy discussing physics-related things with my friends, i read lots of books out of interest, i independently devised the correct formula for arithmetic progressions when the teacher asked us to try to find one ourselves and i had independently partially devised a half-baked theory of relativity. Of course, after i found out and read up about einstein's complete theory(still working on that), that's all pointless unless i study further

I asked my teacher about the mechanics of gravity and he told me to stop interrupting the class. Same when i asked how an electric current seemed to know to take the path of least resistance, when the resistance is further down the circuit. That is a testament to how the education system is not conducive to creativity. However, what i DID do after that was go to a bookstore and look it up. I found the equation relating gravity, distance and mass. However, no one has the answer to why gravity exists. YET

I resent the statement that we're losing creativity, even if it may be right. But ya know, with every new thing created you need more creativity to come up with something new/better.

& haha, just read the prior to Y2K bit... They're 9 year old kids. They should be tipping over with creativity. But then, not everyone is like that. You're not judging their whole generation based on your brother alone, are you? I'm confident that they have lots of smart, creative kids too. Not everyone is a computer game-addict.