Adam Smith believed this, too. One of the beauties of GIS is its facility for analysis and display in the temporal domain. Never have humans had such a powerful tool for prediction and planning. They are, and will be, inculcated by the electronic and visual media. Everyone should be disturbed by this.
TV is part of the problem, notorious for inculcating short attention spans and over-consumption.
Capitalists won't, and shouldn't, wait for those profits to appear. Capitalistic infrastructure can only be built behind, with, or slightly ahead of the market. In contrast, most physical infrastructure needs to be publicly funded. The tax code should channel more of this capital into municipal and other government bonds. Full implementation will require international cooperation, so it's a long range goal.