Then Richard Florida offered a solution (in "The Rise of the Creative Class") to my queries from the last post:

" The task before us is to build new forms of social cohesion appropriate to the new Creative Age - the old forms don't work, because they no longer fit the people we've become - and from there, to pursue a collective vision of a better and more prosperous future for all.

This is easier said than done. To build true social cohesion, the members of the Creative Class will need to offer those in other classes a tangible vision of ways to improve their own lives, either by becoming part of the Creative Economy or, at the very least, by reaping some of its rewards. If the Creative Class does not commit itself to this effort, the growing social and economic divides in our society will only worsen, and I fear that we will find ourselves living perpetually uneasy lives at the top of an unhappy heap.

It's time for the Creative Class to grow up and take responsibility. But first, we must understand who we are."