The only certainty is that most predictions will be wrong or insignificant. The web won't lead to the death of paper. Distance education will not lead to the death of the traditional university. Synergy and serendipity will lead us in unexpected and unanticipated directions. The web will not be owned by Microsoft or Netscape, but by the information providers, such as you.
Content is key.
We need to catch up with the present before we can move on to the future. The World Wide Web is the way of the future. It's taken 20 years for the world to realize the power of the Internet. The Web may be in its infancy, but the basic shape will persist as it matures. There is a window of opportunity for the next 2-3 years to shape the future use of the Web.