Crippling Innovation ...

When I grew up almost everything was hands on and you could fool with it and that stimulated innovation. I remember chemistry sets that let you actually do chemistry. I remember erector sets. I remember model airplanes and little engines so you could fly your model airplanes. Then there were the electronic kits. You could get little kits to learn how to make amplifiers and radios and televisions and other gadgets. There were computer kits. We have slowly moved all this kind of innovation development into sterile, safe, uninspiring environments so that everyone is transformed from a hands on person to a manipulated slave called a "user." We need to roll that back and get people back into originating things and not merely consume them.