I wonder then what Web4.0 bring... the total absorption of the human brain into a giant global hive mind? How long away will that be?
20+ years is my guess for that. Web 4.0 is the merging of humans and machines. The technology might be there but the older generations (baby boomers and Gen X) might not embrace it but the generation behind that might.
It is what we see with all technologies. There are still people who resist smartphones and use flip phones.
I think that what is being avoided in this case is not technology per say but invasion of privacy and control. A key piece of the future exponential growth in the capability of technology is whether that's coming from a decentralised open source model or from soulless corporations and government.
I'm in that latter category. No Alexa for me either 😀