Matter matters less and less.
Physical products will become less and less a factor in the Information Age. Intellectual assets which can be digitized will become more valuable than cash, land, buildings, hard goods, etc. Information is much more powerful and cost-effective than physical products. Companies will increasingly be valued for their intangible assets and their tangible assets will become more of a burden. Intangibles include intellectual assets, the people who produce them, and the strategic aggregation of key information based assets.