Post Industrial Soceity

Origins
Daniel Bell popularized the term through his 1973 work The Coming of Post-Industrial Society [1]. Before Bell, the term was also used routinely by the Latin American social philosopher Ivan Illich in his book Tools for Conviviality.
Recently, the term has grown and changed as it became mainstream. The term is now used by admen such as Seth Godin[2], public policy PhD's such as Keith Boeckelman [3], and sociologists such as Neil Fligstein and Ofer Sharone[4]. Clinton even used the term to describe Chinese growth in a round-table discussion in Shanghai in 1998.[5]
Creativity culture
A virtual cult of 'creatives' have sprung up embodying and often describing and defending the post-industrial ethos. They argue that businesses that create intangibles have taken a more prominent role in the wake of manufacturing's decline and that in some countries, the production of creative intangibles produces more exports than manufacturing alone.
Actor and artistic director of the Old Vic Theatre, Kevin Spacey, has argued the economic case for the arts in terms of providing jobs and being of greater importance in exports than manufacturing (as well as an educational role) in a guest column he wrote for The Times.[6]
Seth Godin in his recent book, "Linchpin" suggests that information technology and globalization will lead to creative jobs being the only ones left in advanced economies.
This is the giant unwritten headline of our post-industrial economy. If your job isn't creative/interactive or local, it's probably going to go away.
He suggests becoming creative before the market changes in your neighborhood.
Valuation of knowledge
Paul Romer, a professor of economics at Stanford, revolutionized the appreciation of knowledge as a valuable asset. As he says it is not just the "ingredients" (supply) that makes good food, it is the "recipe" (knowledge) that counts too. Better recipe, better food means better knowledge, more economic growth.[7]
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