I think a lot of it comes down to the way societies have evolved, and our 'survival' function. We don't want to risk our limited resources and time on ideas that, more than likely, will yield nothing.
Furthermore, a lot of 'creative people' are just hipsters that use it as a crutch to never get anything productive done. I mean, shit like this isn't a particularly great expression of creativity: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/63/Robert_D...
We should encourage creativity, but also temper it with realism. While the life of the 'starving artist' is alluring, it's really not all that...
Furthermore, a lot of 'creative people' are just hipsters that use it as a crutch to never get anything productive done. I mean, shit like this isn't a particularly great expression of creativity: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/63/Robert_D...
We should encourage creativity, but also temper it with realism. While the life of the 'starving artist' is alluring, it's really not all that...