INVERSION OF VALUE OF PHYSICAL TO VALUE OF MENTAL CONTENT OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

Over the course of a half-century, the value of physical content to value of mental content of most products and services steadily approached a median point, crossed, and has now reversed. We have no idea what this means for societal organization or environmental relationship in future, though it is certain to be huge.

With the advent of computers and other micro-electronic technology, the value of the mental content of products and services began to grow in relation to the value of the physical content. The value of the mental content of a micro-chip is enormously greater than the value of the physical content. The value of the mental content of a computer or a ... See more

Over the past few decades, a quiet inversion has taken place that few notice. During the industrial age, the value of the physical content of goods was enormous compared to the value of the mental content. The bending of steel and other metals, the welding or bolting of them together, the processes of replication-- the smelting, pounding, twisting,... See more