The author might like an illustrated summary of a talk given by Sir Ken Robinson about "Changing education paradigms"[0], which includes some of the essence of this article (particularly referring to studies about how many uses one person can think of for a paperclip)
[0] RSA Animate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U
[1] Full talk (55 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCbdS4hSa0s