Creativity

Ask yourself where mankind would be today without the internet. How would our business transactions happen? What about the music or advertising industries? It is hard to imagine these entities existing without the internet and social networking sites. The greatest thing about these sites is that they give the tools of creation to the people. There is no need to pay professionals big bucks to make a video website or slideshow. All the tools of video editing and creation are free and open to the public. In the article "Disney Tolerates a Rap Parody of Its Critters. But Why", Brooks Barnes explains how average people are making small video mash-ups of Disney cartoons and turning heads, lots of them. This is the door of creation. Anyone and have an unlimited audience and perform until they are discovered. I think that this pushes people to try new things and learn from their mistakes and the mistakes of others. It is also a way for things to be created not by an individual but by a group of strangers from all over the world.