Not sure why you are being down-voted, since your points further the discussion. Anyway, consider Buckminster Fuller as a counterexample to some of your points

Not sure why you are being down-voted, since your points further the discussion. Anyway, consider Buckminster Fuller as a counterexample to some of your points. He definitely had the spirit of a producer. Here is a quote from http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/15/automobiles/collectibles/15BUCKY.html?pagewanted=print http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/15/automobiles/collectibles/1... : Fuller was born in Massachusetts in 1895 and died in 1983. He was admitted to Harvard twice, and twice expelled. He went from job to job until he was broke. After illness killed his young daughter, he had a revelation. He determined to make his life “an experiment to find what a single individual can contribute to changing the world and benefiting all humanity.”