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Why do we culturally accept the distinction 'creatives' and 'non-creatives'. It's gross.
by jcims 7y ago
Why do we culturally accept the distinction 'creatives' and 'non-creatives'. It's gross.
- mindblownlazy 7y agoThey're different! Sorry if I made you feel gross, why is it gross? Need medicine or something? Aww
- jcims 7y agoIt's gross because creativity is one of the fundamental properties of being human. Characterizing specific vocations or professional domains as creative or non-creative, regardless of how the industry may have boxed in the term, imbues distinct capability castes to the practitioners.
- mindblownlazy 7y agoI think the word you're looking for is "incorrect". But you're wrong actually, I'm making a very valid differentiation, bossing people around is not a creative task the people who does the thing you tell them is the creative: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_professional https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_professional
- ClumsyPilot 7y agoPeople like putting themselves in boxes, and the one he used is generally accepted classification. I don't think it's something to be offended about. I think Tech community is quite elitist at times
- jcims 7y agoNo domain has a monopoly on original thought, so calling some of them 'creative' is just lazy and imprecise. I'm just pissing into the wind. Ultimately it doesn't really matter and I agree it's not worth getting offended about.
- username90 7y agoSome people get paid to have original thoughts while others get paid to not have original thoughts. To me that seems like a pretty clear line. It isn't about whether the people can be creative or not, but whether they are expected to be creative at work.
- fooker 7y agoWhy do we "culturally accept" any distinction? Also, the idea of "culturally not accepting" something seems gross. It's the antithesis of diversity.