Brilliant mind: Geniuses like Einstein came up with great ideas that improved productivity, as well as the great cultural creations that made life worth living. — AFP ONE of the most troubling problems of our time is why intellectual progress is stalling.
Governments and corporations throw vast resources at knowledge-creation and yet intellectual breakthroughs are getting rarer and innovations punier.
A 2011 study of US data on creativity and originality came to a devastating conclusion: “The results indicate creative thinking is declining over time among Americans of all ages, especially in kindergarten through third grade. The decline is steady and persistent.”Commentators […]
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