Thinking Outside the Box

Thinking outside the box.  Is it a good thing or a bad thing?  Is it dangerous and to whom is it dangerous. 

Thinking outside the box is a creative thing.  It is the creation of new conceptual structures.  When new outside the box conceptual structures do not threaten the status quo existence of established structures inside the box then there is less of a threat to them.  In either case the creative nature of new structures outside the box defines them as not having previously existed.  Not exactly creative to the extent of making something from nothing but making connections between things that were not previously connected that way. 

Fundamental changes in connections of things and the interaction between them create fundamental conceptual changes.  Conceptual changes in society happen over time.  There is a tipping point concept that proposes that they will happen increasingly quicker when a certain point of popular acceptance or belief in the change is reached.  10% ? Pick a number.

Forecasting conceptual structure change over time is like looking into a crystal ball.  A good fortune teller can see the future if they can read the real time present clues of the person or entity for whom they are telling the future.

Good news predictions are more readily accepted than bad news predictions.  Ask the messenger about that.  The good news is that a thousand flowers will bloom.  The bad news is that a weed by definition is a bloom that is not desired.  It is outside the box.