When we talk about revitalizing a society, we tend to put exclusive emphasis on finding new ideas. But there is usually no shortage of new ideas the problem is to get a hearing for them. And that means breaking through the crusty rigidity and stubborn complacency of the status quo. The development of resistance to new ideas is an old and familiar process in the individual. For example, the child is a model of openness to new experience: receptive, eager, curious, unafraid, willing to try anything. As the years pass these priceless qualities fade. He becomes more cautious, less eager and accumulates deeply rooted habits and fixed attitudes.