>But abundance has produced an ironic result. The Information Age has unleashed a prosperity
>that in turn places a premium on less rational sensibilities

so true, the internet is creating a large enough market(place) to accomodate all the "high concept" thinkers - example, booked a holiday recently? as long as u avoid the cowboys (i.e do some research accreditation, sercurity certs etc) choice is mind boggling.