Florida

Floridas idea for creativity as a resource is awesome, but there are a few things that i disagree with. I feel that there is like a bourgeois and a proletariant class when it comes to creativity today. The engineers and artists are thriving on creativity but the service working class has just given up. Its like the service class is blaming the creative class for themselves not being creative. I think thats bullshit. If the service class becomes more creative they will get the money that they deserve. Then they can classify themselves as that creative class. Florida states, “The service economy is the support infrastructure of the creative age.” I agree with that. Everyone has different talents, just apply your talents to your job and be creative. If you want these lower paying jobs to become more creative, to better society, then do you need to increase wages for this service class? NO. They should make it their own initiative to be creative, to better society and themselves. This is where i think Florida contradicts himself. He supports creativity, he states creativity will improve society, then why give a "free" handout to people who are not being creative on their own? This service class should step up and quit bitching about not being paid enough. Theyre using the fact that they dont get paid as much as an excuse to not be creative. Take the salon worker for example. A bunch of salon workers are underpaid because they dont take pride in what they do. But then look at the big salons, Mario Tricoci is freaking creative, the stylists get paid well and can eventually go on and do their own thing like being a celebrity stylist....or whatever. So if you want to be a kick-ass salon worker do it with some distinction, take some pride in your job and go balls out creatively and you should be fine.