From: Nathanael Allison (jubungalord@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Jan 07 2003 - 20:54:41 MST
What causes the first human to put together a pointed rock and a stick to
form a spear? What causes the first human to melt iron and form swords and
shields? What causes the first humans to plant crops? What causes the first
human to think of strategic hunting?
Creativity is the reason for all dominance of groups of humans. In military,
in economics, in politics or any other form where humans compete creativity
is the only reason one side wins over the other. Creativity is the creation
of a new thought, a new meme. With the new meme the group, tribe, society or
country changes. A meme like a gene speeds up the evolution of humans. Those
human who create the best memes will survive and create more memes ect..
This is not new theory.
This is a rough theory and I want you opinions.
The properties of a society mold the individuals in it. A society whose
properties mold the most creative individuals will be the dominant society
if that society can then also turn those individual thoughts into memes. The
society then would have the maximum amount of possibilities (new memes)
versus reality to determine the truth.
Human can only learn by assuming that there is a constant and observing a
change.
A society that creates the most new memes will be able to identify more
variables, which will help to more clearly define what is constant and what
changes.
If you look at history, the societies who properties molded the most usable
creative minds seem to have certain traits in common. Feel free to add or
subtract from the list.
1. High Encouragement of Individuality
2. Little Social Exclusion
3. Shared Social Value Complexes
4. Almost No limits of Information
Speaking psychologically do these have an impact on creative thought? Does
number 4 by itself cause creative thought?
If so, the society that will conquer ours today will have even greater
extremes of those properties which cause creative thought.
Until genetic or other means is used to alter creativity in “humans”.
(thanks for the Korea info max, ect…)
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