One of the most significant developments in the written word was the placing of a space after each word. Something you would not even think about today but it does make all the difference to the ease of reading. But the difference between what we don’t think about because it seems so natural, and when those things came into being because a mind saw their effectiveness, is vast.
The mind that can take the world around them and change what they do to make it simpler or more effective is a unique mind. Even today when there is a large section of the population looking to do just this and not waiting for one individual to have an idea. It’s the kind of mind that would challenge politicians to try the truth and not worry about what their opponents will do with it. It’s the kind of mind that Gandhi had, to put into effect something everyone had long thought a good idea but never had enough courage to act out.
To be effective as a population we need to all be doing similar things in similar ways, to harmonise in order to establish a general basis for living together. But to be an effective thinker we need to be different because just to follow because that is what we are trained to do, has no relevance.
It is the difference between building a nation, and building a world.