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The Concept Based Economy
(Posted 01/28/2007) - Even as we enjoy the fruits of the Information Age the sun may be setting on the economic stranglehold the USA has enjoyed because of its information technology preeminence. Are we entering the Concept Age?
Societies age just as people do. W'eve experienced the industrial age, the information age, and now, perhaps we're moving into the Concept age.
The linked article argues that while left-brain skills have predominated in most professions and have been rewarded by society for a couple of hundred years now, things are changing in the 21st century. The most highly advanced societies will prosper only if they rely on their collective right-brain skills. Enter the age of High Concept economies.
To get the full story Click Here to read this article from Wired Magazine.