The World Belongs to Those Who Create
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The World Belongs to Those Who Create
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#3This post really resonated with me, deeply. I've been having almost exactly the same thoughts that the author has had, lately.
I think a lot of us underestimate how essential creative self-expression is to our well being. I've come to the realization that I don't want to just live a regular life, working and consuming, but rather I want to contribute something creative, of my own creation, to the world. Deep inside, I think most people will find their greatest joy in building and creating new things (out of love (and not just as a means of survival)).
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#4Great write up! I wish I had have known this when I was younger.
If you feel this way start by working on small projects to completion. Everyone starts somewhere.
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#5This could possibly be the most impactful thing many of us, here, have read (consumed) recently. Bookmarked.
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#6the problem is the definition of make and create and what has value has changed.
10 thousand years ago people celebrated when a big kill was brought home from the hunt.
5000 years ago people celebrated the seasonal harvests.
100 years ago you put in a good days work at a factory turning a screw but you helped make a car.
today if it's not novel or unique it's not celebrated or valued.
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#7There's truth to this post but overall I think it's pretty naive.
In a capitalist system the world belongs to those who own and have spare capital to invest vs. those who rent.
Being very good at creating things is a potential pathway from renter to owner, but so is being very good at maintaining things, or managing people, etc. Anything which you can be paid a lot of money for will do.
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#8It’s pretty obvious, isn’t it?
The only meaningful thing to do in this world is to create, there is nothing else.
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#9the problem is the definition of make and create and what has value has changed. 10 thousand years ago people celebrated when a big kill was brought home from the hunt. 5000 years ago people celebrated the seasonal harvests. 100 years ago you put in a good days work at a factory turning a screw but you helped make a car. today if it's not novel or unique it's not celebrated or valued.
Thousands of years ago, people made art, they wrote poems, came up with wonderful stories and mythology. Every culture has some form of human creativity. Whether art, music, or stories and poems passed down through generations. Creativity is a defining characteristic of human beings. To be creative is to be human.
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#10the problem is the definition of make and create and what has value has changed. 10 thousand years ago people celebrated when a big kill was brought home from the hunt. 5000 years ago people celebrated the seasonal harvests. 100 years ago you put in a good days work at a factory turning a screw but you helped make a car. today if it's not novel or unique it's not celebrated or valued.
>today if it's not novel or unique it's not celebrated or valued.
Yet let those things go by the wayside (any country where they experienced hyperinflation or went into decline) and the shortcomings become readily apparent.
Even just refuse pickup service -soon you get vermin and contagious diseases. Actual things to worry about.
Electricity and hospitals (neo-natal units and ER, for example).
From the Oakland warehouse fire people realized Fire Marshall safety checks have meaning and impact.
Mundane stuff makes the world go round and allows people to make mountains out of their personal molehills.