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Why do we culturally accept the distinction 'creatives' and 'non-creatives'. It's gross.

People like putting themselves in boxes, and the one he used is generally accepted classification. I don't think it's something to be offended about.

I think Tech community is quite elitist at times

No domain has a monopoly on original thought, so calling some of them 'creative' is just lazy and imprecise.

I'm just pissing into the wind. Ultimately it doesn't really matter and I agree it's not worth getting offended about.

Some people get paid to have original thoughts while others get paid to not have original thoughts. To me that seems like a pretty clear line. It isn't about whether the people can be creative or not, but whether they are expected to be creative at work.

Why do we "culturally accept" any distinction?

Also, the idea of "culturally not accepting" something seems gross. It's the antithesis of diversity.

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