The issue also is that capitalism in practice generally thrives on reproducibility as opposed to creativity. If you think about it, most ‘innovation’ now is simply variation on a theme: keep the base form mostly intact as it has proven to be most profitable (reproducibility), change one or two things, and pass it forward to the market. For example, corporations are generally pretty risk-averse and repetition-oriented in that regard, because it works for them financially. And if the model is dependent on that sort of repetition, then no incentive exists for original thought and work.
Come to think of it, that’s likely why a lot of new products and media come off as repetitive and unoriginal.
The issue also is that capitalism in practice generally thrives on reproducibility as opposed to creativity. If you think about it, most ‘innovation’ now is simply variation on a theme: keep the base form mostly intact as it has proven to be most profitable (reproducibility), change one or two things, and pass it forward to the market. For example, corporations are generally pretty risk-averse and repetition-oriented in that regard, because it works for them financially. And if the model is dependent on that sort of repetition, then no incentive exists for original thought and work.
Come to think of it, that’s likely why a lot of new products and media come off as repetitive and unoriginal.
Yup.
I'm starting to think that people don't actually want a free-think society
Right.