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05186aam a2200553 i 4500 001 98DA060C4B1A11E6B59043E5DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160716010017 008 140523t20152015enk b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2014018846 020 $a 0199375380 020 $a 9780199375387 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCF $d CDX $d IUL $d NLGGC $d IBI $d CHVBK $d VLR $d OVY $d OCLCQ $d LMR $d OCLCQ $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a Q172.5.C74 $b N473 2015 082 00 $a 338.973/06 $2 23 082 04 $a 507.2 $2 23 084 $a PSY031000 $2 bisacsh 084 $a 02.13 $2 bcl 100 1 $a Ness, Roberta B. 245 14 $a The creativity crisis : $b reinventing science to unleash possibility / $c Roberta Ness. 264 1 $a Oxford ; $b Oxford University Press, $c [2015] 300 $a 287 pages ; $c 26 cm 520 $a "Every day we hear about some fascinating new discovery. Yet anemic progress toward addressing the greatest risks to humankind -- clean energy, emerging infections, and cancer -- warns us that science may not be meeting its potential. Indeed, there is evidence that advances are slowing. Science is costly and can hurt people; thus it must be pursued with caution. Yet, excessive caution stifles the very thing that powers inventiveness: creation. In her boldest book yet, Roberta Ness argues that the system of funding agencies, universities, and industries designed to promote innovation has come to impede it. The Creativity Crisis strips away the scientific enterprise's veil of mystique to reveal the gritty underbelly of university research. America's economic belt-tightening discourages long-term, risky investments in revolutionary advances and elevates short-term projects with assured outcomes. The pursuit of basic research insights, with the greatest power to transform but little ability to enrich, is being abandoned. The social nature of academia today also contributes to the descent of revolutionary discovery. In academia, which tends to be insular, hierarchical, and tradition-bound, research ideas are "owned" and the owners gain enormous clout to decide what is accepted. Communalism is antithetical to idea ownership. Thus science has not embraced the Web-based democratic sharing of ideas called crowdsourcing, one of the greatest tools for creativity and social change in our age. A final battleground between creation and caution is within the sphere of ethics. Scientists are typically altruistic but sometimes have all-too-human inclinations toward avarice and conceit. The most original thinkers are most likely to flout convention. This tendency can pull them across the lines of acceptable behavior. Caution is a necessary check on the destructive potential of amoral creation. Yet, when every individual and institution is considered a priori to be a threat, adventuresome invention is squelched. Creation and caution in science should be in balance, but they are not. For possibilities to unlock, the ecosystem in which science is done must be fundamentally rebalanced"-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a "The Creativity Crisis excavates the root causes of America's innovation slow-down, showing why revolutionary insights are no longer chased by young talent. Economically and socially, caution has overtaken creation. This book is ultimately a roadmap for reinvigorating innovation within the system of science"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-269) and index. 505 0 $a 1. Yin and Yang -- 2. Creation and caution in three acts -- 3. Which to put in your pocket : a transistor or a smartphone? -- 4. Stanford's golden egg -- 5. Who wants to be a millionaire? -- 6. Reinventing meandering exploration -- 7. Perils and persistence of genius -- 8. The good fight in the public square -- 9. Finding inspiration in the crowd -- 10. Reinventing the power of the group -- 11. The perilous end of science's barrel -- 12. Encouraging risk -- 13. Creativity and malevolence -- 14. Reinventing freedom -- 15. In opening -- 16. Just do it. 650 0 $a Creative ability in science. 650 0 $a Science $x Study and teaching. 650 0 $a Creative thinking $x Study and teaching. 650 0 $a Inventions. 650 0 $a Technological innovations. 650 7 $a PSYCHOLOGY $x Social Psychology. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Creative ability in science. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00882451 650 7 $a Creative thinking $x Study and teaching. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00882478 650 7 $a Inventions. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00977993 650 7 $a Science $x Study and teaching. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01108387 650 7 $a Technological innovations. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01145002 650 7 $a KreativitaÌt. $0 (DE-588)4032903-3 $2 gnd 650 7 $a Technische Innovation. $0 (DE-588)4431027-4 $2 gnd 650 7 $a Wissenschaft. $0 (DE-588)4066562-8 $2 gnd 941 $a 5 952 $l PQAX094 $d 20231214022239.0 952 $l PMAX975 $d 20191119044613.0 952 $l UUAX975 $d 20170513010433.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826103950.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20160716010446.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=98DA060C4B1A11E6B59043E5DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b JIDInitiate Another SILO Locator Search