http://www.robhyndman.com/2005/12/07/8-ideas-that-will-revolutionize-the-21st-century/ any technology distinguishable from magic is not sufficiently advanced Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:32:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.robhyndman.com/2005/12/07/8-ideas-that-will-revolutionize-the-21st-century/#comment-779 MT Sun, 11 Dec 2005 18:06:04 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2005/12/07/8-ideas-that-will-revolutionize-the-21st-century/#comment-779 Except for the information wanting to be free part. "Creativity wants to be authored" ought to be the maxim, at least to my mind. Monetarily free creativity I can imagine. But authoritatively free I cannot--or I haven't been able to think of a real precedent for a culture or society of that kind. After all, why do good works if a) no one sees you do them and b) there's no money or title or prize to show others in the abstract that you do good works for a living? I've rattled on about this more on my site. I think generally the desire for prestige and influence motivate creativity and that creators accept money instead or as payment in part because wealth and the things that go with it betoken status. Except for the information wanting to be free part. “Creativity wants to be authored” ought to be the maxim, at least to my mind. Monetarily free creativity I can imagine. But authoritatively free I cannot–or I haven’t been able to think of a real precedent for a culture or society of that kind. After all, why do good works if a) no one sees you do them and b) there’s no money or title or prize to show others in the abstract that you do good works for a living? I’ve rattled on about this more on my site. I think generally the desire for prestige and influence motivate creativity and that creators accept money instead or as payment in part because wealth and the things that go with it betoken status.

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