Everyone expects progress and 'new 4.0 upgrade to 4.1 upgrade to 4.2' etc. Each generation has its ways of looking at the world, and this one sees itself entirely through the media. You'll find that almost any thought you can possibly have will already have a web domain name and or community already in action. The notion of how culture itself is an operating system is what makes this kind of mentality so immersive. Identity and how you build up, it's all reducible to surface appearance.
Nightclub life is all about that kind of exchange, and so is net culture.
I think that everyone will find their own route in their own way. There's nothing worse to predict than the future. The book question. It's one of two pieces that I'm working on. I've been trying to finish 'em both for ages, and that's just where it stands.