People who have original ideas are
of much greater value to the society than those who simple copy the ideas of
others very well. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Since eons, society has been revolutionized
by the ground-breaking discoveries made by innovators. This has also created a
class that has simply replicated and have integrated them into their own
concepts, making one ponder whether those innovating have a major impact,
or those duplicating the concepts.
Innovators have a major bearing on society as they have been pivotal to the development of human race; their discoveries have changed the whole life and procedure of mankind. They bought ushered new horizons that transformed the thought process stupendously and considerably: after the invention of aircraft by Wright Brothers the traveling concept of human race has radically changed, helping convert globe into truly a smaller place to be.
Besides radically changing the lives, these resourceful individuals with inventive ideas have engendered benchmarks and precedents for others to mimic, while the successors have merely integrated upgradations with the original concepts and without creating something radical, making it imperative discoverers of concepts and methods to be held in high esteem: Graham Bell is still remembered by everyone for inventing the phone, but no one even recognizes John F. Mitchell, who designed the first cellular phone.
However, some feel that those duplicating concepts and inventions are equally, if not more, valuable as those making discoveries, for they have always improved and helped evolve modern systems and equipment that are well adapted to the present context. To corroborate, the contemporary generation of color Televisions and LEDs are an outcome of emulation on the initial audio visual forays of pioneering researchers and technologists.
In hindsight, I personally feel that both those conceiving revolutionary concepts and emulators have their place in development of society and are equally important for mankind. Where one category showed the way, the other made it commercially possible and affordable.