As a retiring teacher writes in his valediction, current educational philosophy "strangles creativity, it smothers the development of critical thinking in our students and assumes a one-size-fits-all mentality more appropriate to the assembly line than the classroom".
"Start talking, something will come" – that's his philosophy on creativity, and he has spent his latter years knocking out an impressive number of books, with titles such as What I Forgot to Remember and I Just Remembered.
In a moment of inconvenient truth, I grokked that I was using the most powerful tools for change known to our species - the majesty of human science, philosophy and creativity wrapped up in what I have since called "Breakthrough Biodynamics" - to help rich companies get richer by inventing stuff with little thought to the social or environmental consequences.
Despite playing only a handful of his company's products himself (he fumbled with the Famicom's controller the first time he picked one up to play a digital version of Go, eventually passing it to a junior staff member in frustration), Yamauchi's philosophy was that creativity, not technological advancement, was the key to the medium's development.
In a number of books, notably The Philosophy of MetaReality: Creativity, Love and Freedom (2012), he argued that spiritual experiences should be considered a constant feature of everyday life; that every successful act of communication is, in effect, an example of the spiritual principle of nonduality, where both parties become, momentarily, the same person.
E-mail address GO SIGN UP Share Tweet Despite playing only a handful of his company's products himself (he fumbled with the Famicom's controller the first time he picked one up to play a digital version of Go, eventually passing it to a junior staff member in frustration), Yamauchi's philosophy was that creativity, not technological advancement, was the key to the medium's development.
Look at the future this guy has concocted in his head: The main fields of human endeavor will be culture, arts, sciences, creativity, philosophy, experimentation, exploration, and adventure.
The conclusions are that should form an effective way of innovative talent training; comply with the strategic planning of the development of creative industries in Shanghai; locate in the direction of "combination of art and engineering" talents training, adhere to the theory of combining teaching philosophy and practice, creativity and technology, heritage and transcendent; etc.
The staff personifies this life-as-creativity philosophy.
But any new social philosophy is good for creativity.
