And I've been aware of the attacks on creativity for many years. For example, a number of people have told me that all ideas have been used up and therefore no new ideas exist. Of course that sort of statment often comes from people who assume that their limited understanding of things applies to everyone. And then there's the rapid rejection of anything new or uncommon. When I propose a wild and radical idea, the response I often get is "It won't work, so don't bother." But even if it doesn't work, that doesn't mean you can't get it to work eventually (unless it really can't work.)
In this age of spectacular mediocrity, you are expected to never create and never imagine because your job in life is to be boring and bland. Yet these same folks who attack creativity and innovation neglect to realize that the technological innovations they love so much (like music downloads) were created by people who used creativity and innovation. Ho ve! Ho ve forever!