Here’s a brief conversation between Paul Ray and Peter Moore titled “The Cultural Creatives: We Are Everywhere.”
I think many of us, after encountering Paul’s book, “The Cultural Creatives: How 50 Million People Are Changing the World” felt deep resonance, and as though we did belong.
Peace, dwight
Cultural Creatives
Count me in! I see a definite inward focus of evangelical Protestantism, as it recasts itself as a hybrid religion/political party. Those who are dealt out, kicked out, or just ignored are now in the majority.
Im having fun, doing this in San Francisco.
What I see is:
1. The dot-com boom produced a leadership style that is fast and reliable.
2. Many saw the next step as more intelligent networking. "I dont want to spend more time at work, but I want to develop connections with others in my field, outside workspaces."
3. The housing boom provided us with a "safety net" that allows working simpler (as in low-stress) jobs, for a little less money.
4. We can "retire in fractions" – not the gold watch step function, where your dad was working one Friday, and was retired the following Monday. Instead, we can "retire" a little – maybe 1/3 retired. And still be within the infrastructure to express our creativity.
5. City infrastructure is no longer looking for the Czar – the Robert Moses to dictate the answerrs. Instead, an integration and communication of the individual pieces, and how to glue them together is the modern method.
6. Labor is no longer in the aversarial paradigm – The Jimmy Hoffa/Mike Quill solution is replaced by collaboration.
I remember thinking that I fit in when I first heard about Cultural Creatives maybe 5 years ago.
I didn\t think that there were 50 million of them yet at that point though.