Is Connectivity Killing Creativity?

Interesting:

pervasive connectivity leads to constant interbreeding of experiences and ideas. Today, when we want to try out something new, we usually sound out our network. Almost always we find somebody has already tried it and succeeded, or tried and failed. Either way, there appears to be not much sense in pursuing that idea further. As we relentlessly know what’s on one another’s minds, we are subconsciously conforming to better fit our networks, to be in closer consensus with our contacts

It’s a compelling insight. I am someone who has been monitoring Lebanese news since before the social media explosion, and I did notice that more sharing brought with it more conformity and more topic-du-jours in news and blogs (guilty as charged).

Of course, the irony that I found the article on twitter is not lost on me.