Does easily accessible technology reduce our willingness to be creative?  We are reluctant to creatively solve the problem of how to fix something when it breaks.  It’s easier to throw out what’s broken and replace it with something new.  In fact it’s part of our culture now.  There is a kind of creativity that is central to making art and producing technology, then there is a kind of creativity that is central to day to day existence.  Cubans are some of the most creative people I know.  I told my farmer friend Yover (Jo-ber) and his wife Yulia, “En Cuba, todo esta roto pero nada esta roto”  “Everything is broken but nothing is broken”.   In other words, nothing stays broken for very long.  All you have to do is look around.  Cuba is in a constant state of repair. There are very few new appliances or cars or tools or buildings or machines of any kind.  In most cases, finding something that is in a first generation state is almost impossible.  Every facet of Cuban life has been modified and rebuilt to keep functioning- if not for its original purpose then for a substituted function.  When a part breaks on a refrigerator and no spare can be found, instead of an appliance with one broken part, it becomes a collection of many capable components for many other purposes.  There are no broken refrigerators in Cuba just spare refrigerator parts looking for a new function.  No broken windows, just window frames that need glass.  No antique coffee grinders just coffee grinders that need someone to turn the handle.  The coffee is still black, rich and full of earthy flavor- and maybe just a subtle hint of rust.