The Third Revolution We are, unfortunately, just at the start of this latest revolution. Remember that it took 20 years for the the Internet to begin to have its real impact. That's roughly how long it took for the PC to make its presence felt. There's no reason to believe that it won't take another 20 years for applications to really reach the level of sophistication and usability we expect from both the PC and the Internet. Despite the speed of invention common with technology today, the speed of acceptance is still based on human nature.
People accept change only grudgingly.
There's no way to tell when such things might happen. Even if we can't predict when it might happen, we can fathom guesses at what the revolution might encompass. Why, artificial life, of course. The creation of which will be the stuff of legends yet to be written. The Second Revolution A Behavioral Study of Carphonica Idioticus, the common idiot driver with the cell phone.