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The Creative Class Manifesto (spreading the word)
I noticed a Tweet from Richard Florida, who coined the term
“creative class.” He forwarded a link to an inspiring post from Octavian Mihai, who is quite a digital creative himself. I’m reposting with a touch of copy editing from Jenny Meadows (quintessential copy editor for the creative class) so this post of Octavian’s is spot-on perfect.
I’m not sure this is a fight as he indicates at the end of his manifesto. However, I do believe this is the dawning of a new lifestyle and the core of the new economy. I’m including his post in its entirety for others to read and see how it fits for them.
Tom (aka a member of the creative class or digital creatives, as we say at SXSW each year)
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The Creative Class Manifesto
We are the creative class. We breathe change. We move fast. We will change the world!
We are web designers, bloggers, SEO experts, interactive experientialists, flashers, refined political critics, social media experts, geeks, artists, account executives, storytellers, managers, strategists, polymaths.
This is the awakening of the Renaissance.
It is 1402 once again. Druker is the new Petrarca. Tom Peters is Dante, and Seth Godin the young Giotto. Google is our printing press and Page+Bryn = Gutenberg. Let me be your Machiavelli.
The revolution is approaching. The creative wars are beginning.
Polymaths of all countries, unite!
THIS IS OUR MANIFESTO
1. We are creators. We create everywhere and anything.
2. We buy what we sell. Always. This is our mantra. We create ingenious yogurt products and the campaigns to sell them. We create ingenious running-shoes stores, and the funky videos to make ourselves relate with billionaire multinational brands.
3. We create and consume random content. This is our inspiration. This is our world-changing idea: The freedom to consume and produce random stuff for free.
4. We all understand that the planet needs our help and that we should stop using plastic grocery bags. The images of dolphins caught in plastic beercan polymer chains break our hearts. Video repeats of baby polar bears slowly drifting at sea on tiny melting glaciers haunt our dreams.
5. We are outraged by all inequalities, especially when governments we elect decide to tax us more in order to pay for errors of previous governments that we have also gloriously elected.
6. Our creativity builds or breaks cities. We are not a demographic. We are a way of life.
7. We hate hypocrites and our high capacity of critical thinking allows us to detect the true conspiracies versus the fake ones.
8. We can do everything we put our minds to! Our tweets are wise and our posts rejoiceful.
9. We feed on liberty! A LOT.
10. We move fast, we are agile and profound. We strive on getting-things-done theories; we love quick wins and fast solutions.
11. We always get something done!
12. We are open-minded. Everything is acceptable as long as it is spoken in a soft but determined voice.
13. We like to laugh. All those crazy vids of cats dancing and playing pianos crack us up. All the time.
14. We are the real thing! We are right because we care!
15. We will change the world! For sure!
16. We are dead serious. What thou avoidest suffering thyself, seek not to impose on others!
17. Carpe diem!!
Spread the word! This is your fight!
The Creative Class Manifesto (spreading the word)