Arthur itus; it's a pity you don't value history, particularly the history of ideas. I have plenty of ideas of my own, you'll find some of them in this thread if you take the trouble to look. One of the problems with 'having your own ideas' is that some of them just aren't very good. The ratio of good ideas to bad ideas can be improved by learning about what works and what doesn't, and reading the works of important thinkers contributes to this, in combination with experience and mistakes. So much better than just spouting random ideas based on nothing more than blind prejudice, don't you think? A wise friend (a historian) once told me 'History repeats itself; it has to, because nobody listens!'.