Indeed, we live in a society that largely hampers and destroys creativity, as if by design. Children are not taught to want to experiment, test their thoughts and question where ideas come from, instead we are largely given a series of narratives, predetermined ideas, and school largely just tests us on whether we are able to reproduce these ideas, with little question about whether we know they are true, or how we can know if they are true.
I recently did a podcast entitled “Escaping the Brave New World: Defeating the Culture of Zeus” which talks about this question of what it means to be Promethean, and how that discussion might allow us to transcend all the false binaries of left vs. right, conservative vs. liberal, capitalists vs. socialists, the rich vs. the poor. I think you might enjoy that discussion.
Dear Scott,
Indeed, we live in a society that largely hampers and destroys creativity, as if by design. Children are not taught to want to experiment, test their thoughts and question where ideas come from, instead we are largely given a series of narratives, predetermined ideas, and school largely just tests us on whether we are able to reproduce these ideas, with little question about whether we know they are true, or how we can know if they are true.
I recently did a podcast entitled “Escaping the Brave New World: Defeating the Culture of Zeus” which talks about this question of what it means to be Promethean, and how that discussion might allow us to transcend all the false binaries of left vs. right, conservative vs. liberal, capitalists vs. socialists, the rich vs. the poor. I think you might enjoy that discussion.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy2wXxT1is4
Best,
David