Creativity has been with the human race since the beginning of time, from designing complex infrastructures, to developing the first rocket to ever reach outer space.Creativity has lead to many of the most influential practices and ideas, and has inspired countless of other individual to think creatively. Although creativity may still be present today, it continues to fight a battle of extinction where creativity is bound to lose. While some scholars believe that creativity flourishes in society with bright colors, creativity, in reality, is on a dwindling path that without immediate action, will become extinct . The human race has prospered through individuals who were creative. Those types of people guided the human race into bright eras.
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Richard Florida, author of “Rise of the Creative Class Revisited” state that “Cities are the true fonts of creativity.” Florida goes on to state many different examples like Athens, Paris, and even New York. He explains the different advances that have come out of thriving cities like efficient transportation methods, trade routes and complex infrastructures. Cities could not have possibly been successful without creative minds pushing on such efficient and revolutionary ideas. Creativity will continue to advance along with cities. For example, Tokyo, Japan is one of the most technological cities in the world because of creative figures pushing new ideas on a regular basis. Through this logic, creativity cannot possibly be on its path to extinction since cites continue to thrive in …show more content…
Florida argues that cities are a source of creativity, but proceeds to explain how school systems, bureaucracies, and organizations are killing creativity. Structures within the cities are what is demolishing creativity. Although creativity is much alive within a society, it is being suppressed to the point where it might just be too similar to death. Much of society is represented through cities scattered all across the globe. Susan Linn, an author of “The Case for Make Believe: Saving Play in a Commercialized World.” explains how many children in society are pushed towards toys that reject creativity. Because of this, children grow up to continue to push creativity farther away from society. While cities may contain creative individuals, they are continuously concealed by structures present within a city that continue to push the extinction of creativity through the
Richard Florida, author of “Rise of the Creative Class Revisited” state that “Cities are the true fonts of creativity.” Florida goes on to state many different examples like Athens, Paris, and even New York. He explains the different advances that have come out of thriving cities like efficient transportation methods, trade routes and complex infrastructures. Cities could not have possibly been successful without creative minds pushing on such efficient and revolutionary ideas. Creativity will continue to advance along with cities. For example, Tokyo, Japan is one of the most technological cities in the world because of creative figures pushing new ideas on a regular basis. Through this logic, creativity cannot possibly be on its path to extinction since cites continue to thrive in …show more content…
Florida argues that cities are a source of creativity, but proceeds to explain how school systems, bureaucracies, and organizations are killing creativity. Structures within the cities are what is demolishing creativity. Although creativity is much alive within a society, it is being suppressed to the point where it might just be too similar to death. Much of society is represented through cities scattered all across the globe. Susan Linn, an author of “The Case for Make Believe: Saving Play in a Commercialized World.” explains how many children in society are pushed towards toys that reject creativity. Because of this, children grow up to continue to push creativity farther away from society. While cities may contain creative individuals, they are continuously concealed by structures present within a city that continue to push the extinction of creativity through the