RE: As far as I know, only history can make that kind of distinction. Let's give history a vast array of material to choose from, rather than leaving creativity in the hands of an elite minority. Virtually anyone can learn the skills he or she needs to express a high degree of creativity. Let's create a world in which creativity doesn't just flow, but overflows.
MC: As you point out, history will have to choose. So what I am trying to say is that if we want to understand creativity, we need to understand the process of choice. Who is entitled to make it? On what grounds? How can we enhance creativity by improving the way we select and implement new ideas? If we don't worry about these questions, the overflow will just make a big puddle.
RE: Well, I guess I'll let you have the last word on this, even though you're wrong. [Laughter from audience.]
MC: Thanks!
PHOTOS (COLOR): Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Robert Epstein
