This is because ‘Innovation' is an Endogenous variable tied to Material-Energy realities & Ecological & Demographic concerns. So, to answer your final question to your readers, namely, ‘Where have the cultures of innovation gone?'...
They have disappeared thanks to the loss of the Positive-Sum world, which has now heralded a world where Negative-Sum Dynamics & Negative Feedback Loops are the norm.
Technology in the coming Dark Age will be Ecotechnic, courtesy of lower Energy-Material flows available to everyone. This will not be a world of 'visionary fiction that creates utopian ideals, institutional innovations, & conviction to bring them into reality.'
That ship has already sailed. 'Willpower' is not the limiting force Today, it is Ecological Overshoot & its corollaries, & how Resilient communities can be when confronted by said forces. The naive optimism of 'we can do it if we Try!' is on its way out for good.
The Future will Inevitably be Post-Scientific.
This is because ‘Innovation' is an Endogenous variable tied to Material-Energy realities & Ecological & Demographic concerns. So, to answer your final question to your readers, namely, ‘Where have the cultures of innovation gone?'...
They have disappeared thanks to the loss of the Positive-Sum world, which has now heralded a world where Negative-Sum Dynamics & Negative Feedback Loops are the norm.
Technology in the coming Dark Age will be Ecotechnic, courtesy of lower Energy-Material flows available to everyone. This will not be a world of 'visionary fiction that creates utopian ideals, institutional innovations, & conviction to bring them into reality.'
That ship has already sailed. 'Willpower' is not the limiting force Today, it is Ecological Overshoot & its corollaries, & how Resilient communities can be when confronted by said forces. The naive optimism of 'we can do it if we Try!' is on its way out for good.