bridging the gap

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7942017.stm

For narrative purposes, reasons why the emerging creative class is different than the yuppie movement of the 80's. Super rough at this point, entirely open for critique:

• less emphasis on the stock market, economics have changed
• more problem solving, as well as problem finding/identification
• motivated toward the progression of society in tough economic times
• people are looking to innovate, discover new ways of doing things more efficiently
• more desire to be active outside the workplace
• the 9-5 is fading out, people are starting to operate on their own schedules
• consumers are much more conscious about their buying habits
• people are looking for space to "be themselves" rather than following trends
• more life experience, less status symbols