All my life has been an eternal conflict between the rigidity of formal education and the imperative need to unleash my creativity. I have spent long years of study in Basic Sciences; I am a biologist and MSc in microbiology and I have worked, as you said, for the industry and for capitalists, which did not leave me more satisfaction than a monthly salary, a lot of fatigue and a great emptiness. The day I resigned from a large company and a large salary (at the cost of my personal satisfaction and even my health), I began to give priority to what I really wanted to do, Art; but, I fall back into formal education to obtain my third degree.
However, studying art would present the magical opportunity to see science in another way, maybe I always saw it that way, but I had not had the opportunity to put this to the test. I decided to work only in research projects where the science-art or art-science duality was one: I have worked for 14 years in microphotography and I have taken my work in science to the art museum!
But where I got most satisfaction was being a teacher, teaching something as rigid as "Research Methodology" in a way that even you, @ carpet.duck I think you would have liked. I firmly believe that the educational paradigm must change and allow the development of the creative potential of each individual.
Just a few days ago I started writing for Steem Blockchain and it seems just great !. Although the best part is finding items as interesting as the one you write. I loved your post and obviously we are a few people who agree with you. I hope to read more about it.