Without creativity we have nothing. At the pure basis of it all, creativity lets us invent. (So scrap that ancient idea of necessity being the mother of invention.) But it seems we have lost our ability to dream, especially when it comes to dreaming big. It seems we have sat back and rested on our laurels when it comes to dreaming. What happened? Our forefathers dreamed of railroads that spanned the country, telephones, manned flight, televisions in every home, the Internet, landing on the moon — things that may have seemed insurmountable at their time. But they dared to dream and invent — to accomplish their dream.
It seems these days our idea of inventions are just minor upgrades: adding a touchscreen to a phone or adding an entertainment system to a car, or making a faster CPU or an LED brighter. Our engineering forefathers would be disappointed and all like sad face.
It’s usually the little guy that dares to dream big. Why? I’m not 100% sure, but maybe when you have nothing to lose it is easy to dream. He dreams of the new and radical things that can change the world (Macro-Inventions). Maybe a passion can only exist in the individual and not a group or a company. Because once there is something to lose, in many cases money, dreams become smaller. Companies seem to invent incremental inventions (Micro-inventions).
And let’s face it, most of us have to work for a living, but that’s not to say we can’t dream big at our companies, we just may need to find the right company. And look at what companies can do as a whole if they dare to dream. For the last few months, those funky cars that mapped the road ways for projects like Google maps and street view have been creeping around the road. Why? To create a bigger and better database. Wow. What a monumental project…..and to do it twice.
Or maybe we just need to branch out on our own and dream big. Roll up those sleeves and get going. It’s time to dig in and invent. Get back to our roots.
If you’re working on a project that you think could change the world, let us know. We would love to see it.
Bryan DeLuca
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This is an interesting view; although, I wouldn’t rule out necessity mothering some of our dreams as well!
Well put. You take a unique and great approch to thinking. Thanks for the insight.
Just finished a lecture at a church in Houston, Texas. When I arrived at my office Elect Products was on my desk. I read your article “We need to Dream to survive”. I have been doing research for some two years as to why churches are going out of business. I have talk about thinking out of the box, Etc Now I would like to include reinforcing your dream. There is so much I could share with you but space is at a premium. , I would like to have your permission to copy your article and pas it out when I speak. My final lecture in this series will be in Lagos, Nigeria on May 29, 2013. By then there will be other sermons and lectures arranged for. If you don’t reply I will assume that it is ok. (I will make sure you get Credit.) James A. Wheetley
I will try again. I thought your article “We need to dream to survive.” in Electronic Products. I want to refer to it or even make copies to distribute in some cases when I speak in America and in West Africa.
James,
I wish you all the best on your endeavor. If you would be so kind, maybe you can take pictures at some of your speeches and send them to me. It would be wonderful to see how your words, along with my article, have helped inspired people around the world.
Please feel free to copy and distribute the article on your journey.
Sincerely,
Bryan DeLuca
Got this email from a reader yesterday and thought I would share:
bryan, here’s my idea to help save some of the world.
we need all gas vehicles to have a wireless, programmable sensor which communicates with the pump . the pumps need programming to adjust the cost of gas ,relative to efficiency,mission, ect
example. a non profit transporting elderly patients to a doctor could be charged a lower rate than a person driving a house down the road. to a consumer , making choices to lower fuel consumption would be rewarded with lower fuel pricing. for people that wanted drive inefficient suvs they could pay more. a simple choice that would reduce consumption. for charities, non profits ect a reduced price could be programmed into the vehicle. simply put , efforts to reduce usage would be rewarded . people could still have a choice, the polluters would have to choose to pay more. people who sacrificed to conserve could be rewarded.
we have enough different transponder kind of things to support this process.
thanks for the chance to think and reach out.
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