This is not encouraging:
“I believe the decrease results from a climate that continues to grow less tolerant of creative expression. Everyone claims to love creativity, but very few of us understand what is really involved in creativity.”
“The decrease in Originality scores is an indirect measure of growing social pressures toward conformity and status quo, and increasing intolerance for new ideas.”
Dr. Kim adds, “The Creativity Crisis is not an event, but an era of continued decline in most measures of creativity. Reversing the trend will be a process that will require patience and perseverance, because the results will not be immediate. Part of the barriers to creativity results from public demands for immediate and measurable solutions in education, business, and government. Even in this hostile climate, we need creative solutions presented to reverse the trend.”