This week’s banter between Mike, Charles, and Jerm makes the case that creativity is fundamentally an act of resistance — a way to refuse to let societal control and conformity flatten you into a passive consumer.
Distraction culture and consumerism are designed to keep people scrolling instead of making things. That is no accident. When you look at movements like punk and blues, you see the same pattern: they started as raw, rebellious forms of self-expression, but commercialisation watered them down and sold them back to people stripped of their edge.
Community is crucial here — creativity thrives when people share ideas and support each other, not in isolation. And it is not just about inspiration; you need practical skills and education to actually express yourself. Without the tools, the urge to create does not go anywhere.
Algorithms can mimic style, but they cannot replicate the human drive to make something — that drive is essential to what it means to be a person. Creativity isn't just a nice hobby either; it is necessary for personal growth and for society to actually move forward rather than to become useless eaters.
