Sowing the Seeds for a More Creative Society

Mitchel Resnick, Professor of Learning Research at the MIT Media Laboratory, develops new technologies and activities to engage people (especially children) in creative learning experiences.

In the 1980s, many people talked about the transition from the “Industrial Society” to the “Information Society.” In the 1990s, people began to talk about the “Knowledge Society.” But as I see it, we are now in a transition towards the “Creative Society.” Success in the future (for individuals, for companies, for nations as a whole) will be based not on what we know or how much we know, but on our ability to think and act creatively. Unfortunately, current educational practices are woefully inadequate.