Humans have always developed creative ideas to survive. At the early beginning, the creation rhythm was slow. It took million years to move from stone to metal tools. Speed of creations accelerated when writing appeared and favored the recording and the transmission of knowledge.
Until recently, human beings were not recognized as creators. Plato thought that artists imitated nature. At the end of the middle age, philosophers believed that wealth was a free gift of nature.
During and after the Renaissance, new machines appeared. With manufacturers, human labor took more importance. In the industrial age, dividing and organizing the labor work was considered by Adam Smith as the significant source of wealth of nations.
At the same time, especially with printing, the creation rhythm strongly accelerated. Authors and artists signed their works, paintings, and sculptures. John Locke pointed out the importance of the author of the creative work.
Following the computer revolution, labor work declined. Many administrative tasks are being computerized. Robots will soon process most of the repetitive tasks. The importance of industry in the active population is rapidly decreasing. Most of the people can record and exchange knowledge. Creative work is taking more and more importance.
Competition between nations mainly concerns creation. The share of Research & Development (R&D), which represented 1.5% of the world product in 1960, now accounts for 2.28% . The growth rate of innovations continually accelerates.
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