Thoughts, ideas, unwritten information, expertise in thinking and such are invisible infrastructure. You don't see them the way you do roads, bridges, dams, railroads, vehicles, buildings…
Pricing invisible infrastructure is extremely tough. Those in the sphere of building and providing invisible infrastructure know it well. Against that, it's so easy to price any tangible material. It's so easy to make people see the price and justify it.
What we say Internet/information driven economy is nothing but invisible infrastructure. It's tough for many people to see this and therefore, tough for them to believe that something like that can be priced in billions.
Google us nothing but a big pipeline to receive what you want. Flickr is nothing but a big museum of pictures. Gmail is nothing but an automated post office machinery… Does it click? It's a matter of imagination. Invisible infrastructure.
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