In the United States we are raised to appreciate the accomplishments of inventors and thinkers—creative people whose ideas have transformed our world. We celebrate the famously imaginative, the greatest artists and innovators from Van Gogh to Steve Jobs. Viewing the world creatively is supposed to be an asset, even a virtue. Online job boards burst with ads recruiting “idea people” and “out of the box” thinkers. We are taught that our own creativity will be celebrated as well, and that if we have good ideas, we will succeed.
It’s all a lie. This is the thing about creativity that is rarely acknowledged: Most people don’t actually like it. Studies confirm what many creative people have suspected all along: People are biased against creative thinking, despite all of their insistence otherwise.
More here – Slate
I do truly love creative people – as long as they don’t go changing the way we do things around here and / or don’t show me up to be in any way comparatively untalented.
Oh so true. Maybe first stated about 1499 by Machiavelli in a famous quote from the “Discourses” discussing how to implement change in government. It is not surprising development and adoption of technology is limited in authoritarian societies, governments and companies – with large numbers of “nay sayers” and few supporters.