Author Topic: How the modern world kills our creativity, in a silent 7 minute long film (Read 878 times)

Matthew · « **on:** June 25, 2017, 11:34:31 AM »

http://www.upliftedlife.com/how-society-kills-our-creativity-in-a-breathtaking-award-winning-short-film/

Kind of reminds me of an old song I learned in the 90's by the Dave Matthews Band - "Ants Marching". I still enjoy and appreciate the song today.

He wakes up in the morning
Does his teeth bite to eat and he's rolling
Never changes a thing
The week ends the week begins
She thinks, we look at each other
Wondering what the other is thinking
But we never say a thing
These crimes between us grow deeper

Take these chances
Place them in a box until a quieter time
Lights down, you up and die

Driving in on this highway
All these cars and upon the sidewalk
People in every direction
No words exchanged
No time to exchange

And all the little ants are marching
Red and black antennas waving
They all do it the same
They all do it the same way

Meg · « **Reply #1 on:** June 25, 2017, 11:52:02 AM »

Quote from: Matthew on June 25, 2017, 11:34:31 AM

http://www.upliftedlife.com/how-society-kills-our-creativity-in-a-breathtaking-award-winning-short-film/

Kind of reminds me of an old song I learned in the 90's by the Dave Matthews Band - "Ants Marching". I still enjoy and appreciate the song today.

That's a great little video.

It reminds me of the book I'm currently reading, called, "The Servile State," by Hiliare Belloc. Mr. Belloc explains that society (in England) went from being agricultural, where most of the citizens of England owned their own property, and therefore they owned the "means of production." But due to the reformation in England, that all changed, and Capitalism was born, in which citizens in England gradually and eventually became the "wage earners" of today. He also mentions that the educational system of course only lends itself to the "wage earner" system. Men are no longer master of their own lives because of this.

Cera · « **Reply #2 on:** June 25, 2017, 01:54:55 PM »

John Dewey, often called the "father of American education," patterned his theories on the Prussian system. This elitist system consisted of the 1 % at the top, who only allowed 10% of their population to have a true education, in order to be the doctors, engineers and other professionals the elites needed to serve them.

The rest of the population were deliberately dumbed-down in order to make them less likely to rebel against the system. Children in these Prussian schools were taught to sit down, shut up, color in the lines and not make waves -- in order to prepare them to become either soldiers or factory workers. This is detailed in "The Underground History of American Education" by John Gatto.

Meg · « **Reply #3 on:** June 25, 2017, 02:14:52 PM »

Quote from: Cera on June 25, 2017, 01:54:55 PM

John Dewey, often called the "father of American education," patterned his theories on the Prussian system. This elitist system consisted of the 1 % at the top, who only allowed 10% of their population to have a true education, in order to be the doctors, engineers and other professionals the elites needed to serve them.

The rest of the population were deliberately dumbed-down in order to make them less likely to rebel against the system. Children in these Prussian schools were taught to sit down, shut up, color in the lines and not make waves -- in order to prepare them to become either soldiers or factory workers. This is detailed in "The Underground History of American Education" by John Gatto.

I've read "The underground history of American education." Gatto certainly has good insight to the problem with the American public school system, from a non-Catholic POV. It's from primarily reading Gatto's work that I decided to homeschool my children, but I wasn't Catholic then. As I recall, he's somewhat libertarian in his views.

Geremia · « **Reply #4 on:** June 26, 2017, 06:41:33 PM »

Nice! They used the open-source Blender to make it!

Author Topic: How the modern world kills our creativity, in a silent 7 minute long film (Read 878 times)

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