"Sometimes there will be flashes of light enabling a breakthrough - these will often occur when routines are broken" - this seems to be an argument for revolution, and yet Mao's "permanent revolution" sent China backwards.
"At other times it will be a matter of persistence and slog" - this is generally my experience.
"There's often no substitute for hard work" - this argues against the current culture of instant gratification.
"Creativity flourishes neither in complete chaos nor in complete order; it appears to require a combination of the two" - yes, but some examples would have been useful.
"Increasingly, scientific and technological breakthroughs are made by teams not individuals" - this may be true, but the reasons need not be logical, it might just be a case of contemporary society valuing teams rather than individuals.
"The days of Isaac Newton, who read literally everything there was to read about physics in a year before proceeding to develop his laws of motion, are long gone" - it is still possible to read "everything" in a particular sector, obviously not a whole branch of science, but certainly a sub-branch of a sub-branch.
"The breadth and depth of knowledge as well as the size and scope of experiments are simply beyond the compass of a single individual" - I cannot accept this, individuals can still change things.
"At other times it will be a matter of persistence and slog" - this is generally my experience.
"There's often no substitute for hard work" - this argues against the current culture of instant gratification.
"Creativity flourishes neither in complete chaos nor in complete order; it appears to require a combination of the two" - yes, but some examples would have been useful.
"Increasingly, scientific and technological breakthroughs are made by teams not individuals" - this may be true, but the reasons need not be logical, it might just be a case of contemporary society valuing teams rather than individuals.
"The days of Isaac Newton, who read literally everything there was to read about physics in a year before proceeding to develop his laws of motion, are long gone" - it is still possible to read "everything" in a particular sector, obviously not a whole branch of science, but certainly a sub-branch of a sub-branch.
"The breadth and depth of knowledge as well as the size and scope of experiments are simply beyond the compass of a single individual" - I cannot accept this, individuals can still change things.
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