Fair enough Dagda but, how far can you go taking that to any extreme before nobody can get anywhere? Ever seen a bee discover a new way to do something? they can't, they're just mindless bees.
I do share your stance more than you might think though. Everyone should try to contribute their best skills to the whole and progress society. an obsessed individualist or nonconformist is useless to society but, equally so it someone who has no individuality. They simply have nothing of use to provide and no actual means to obtain such a thing.
However, by encouraging people to think for themselves and fostering Espirit De Corps (team spirit) you stand to create the great minds of Shakesphere, Socrates, Neuton, Einstein and Darwin. All of which went against the grain and did something they wanted to do.
It's not perfect, no one thing is but, a society that allows individuals to be who they want to be, to develop the skills they are interested in (and therefore most likely good at) gets to have these people leading their fields and developing them further. Even if a small percentage decides to simply leech off sociey, such a theives.
Of course crime comes from other sources as well.
I do share your stance more than you might think though. Everyone should try to contribute their best skills to the whole and progress society. an obsessed individualist or nonconformist is useless to society but, equally so it someone who has no individuality. They simply have nothing of use to provide and no actual means to obtain such a thing.
However, by encouraging people to think for themselves and fostering Espirit De Corps (team spirit) you stand to create the great minds of Shakesphere, Socrates, Neuton, Einstein and Darwin. All of which went against the grain and did something they wanted to do.
It's not perfect, no one thing is but, a society that allows individuals to be who they want to be, to develop the skills they are interested in (and therefore most likely good at) gets to have these people leading their fields and developing them further. Even if a small percentage decides to simply leech off sociey, such a theives.
Of course crime comes from other sources as well.
