I predict that people like Kevin Kelly will continue to make predictions that are backward-looking. He indicts himself: Wired's predictions were all about "TV, but more so". And now his prediction is, "The web, but more so." And then he projects forward into this fantasy-fulfillment scenario of harmony and unity among all devices, as if these machines aren't going to be owned and operated by squabbling humans, and as if data can be meaningful to all devices in all ways.