Equality Case

"How would Equality 7-2521 answer the question, "what is the biggest threat to creativity?" How would you answer the same question?"

I believe Equality would answer the question, "what is the biggest threat to creativity?" that the threat would be a collective thinking. I don't think he would say the word 'we' is the main threat, but can only be used as a vicious weapon. I think Equality would answer that man is the greatest threat to creativity. They wish to succeed, but logic escape the human race quite a lot. I think he would mention that men wish to control men and with their power weapon, 'we', they would abolish creativity because it would promote individualism.

How would I answer the question? I would think first. Why would creativity need to be threatened? Possible a mistake in the history, which is what probably, happened with the world in Anthem. I think man would be the one main threat to creativity. They would develop a philosophy that would promote collectivism, like Anthem. I believe, if push comes to shove, man would try to control their peers and friends to prevent the disaster that may happen.

Besides man, I think close-mindedness would block it. They wouldn't know how to think freely. Man could have a completely closed mind and if that is the case, they could fail to think of new things. Without free and creative thoughts, man wouldn't get anywhere. We wouldn't be able to learn correctly, I think, nor expand on our previous ideas and philosophies. We wouldn't be able to create new things, or learn more about the world we live in.

I think, besides man and their nature of their minds, a lack of motivation and a lack of support. If man has no one to push them, encourage them, and help them along, we tend to fall behind, leaving the thoughts to others to discover. Maybe this happened in Anthem when they just started with their new culture. Perhaps people saw what it would do but none of them could find the courage to speak up and help their friends, their peers, their brothers. They didn't know how to think freely. Maybe the people in Anthem were damned before they even took on the idea of collectivism.

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