Creative Economy Disruption in Digital Era

Sarah Toninshelde
Sep 3, 2018 · 2 min read
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Of course, many creative industries, however much they may have been changed by digital technology, long pre-date it — storytelling, singing, dancing, painting, jewellery making, fashion are amongst the oldest human activities. The act of creative conception, the insight somebody has that sparks a new idea, a work of art, a new product or a new process, comes from people and from the society they live in; digital technology simply allows us new ways to realise the concept, to test it, develop it and spread it to other people.

This fact alone means that as the productivity of our societies increases in manufacturing, agriculture and services, and as employment opportunities in all those areas decreases because of robotisation, the creative industries are likely to assume growing significance as providers of satisfying jobs and stable communities. The internet offers unprecedented free access to almost limitless information and entertainment. It enables people to form friendships and businesses to build relationships irrespective of distance. It makes possible social and political mobilisation on a scale and of a nature never previously thought possible.

In the end, the correlation on the creative economy will be boosted in digital era as the digitization and changes improved everyday, the creative economy that support the solution and manage the problem sill surely handle the changes in a fast way.

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