The Aesthetic Imperative
Why the creative shall inherit the economy.
Wired , July 2003
A decade ago, pundits were declaring that the future held two kinds of jobs: computer programming and hamburger flipping - or, in the highfalutin language of Robert Reich, those held by "symbolic analysts" and "in-person service providers." Paleoconservative Crossfire host Pat Buchanan warned we were headed toward a "two tier" society. His left-wing guest Jeremy Rifkin agreed, plugging a book that announced The End of Work.