God, this guy is good. Bruce Sterling, who's not just a very good writer, but a great and challenging thinker gave a speech at an industry conference. Luckily, Boing Boing has the full text which is well worth reading.

The health parts just stun me. As much progress as we've made in the last 30 years is about to be eclipsed by the advances of the next decade. I'm sure there's a word for the re-integration of various specialties and sub-specialties, but I don't know it. As specialization led to the "knowing more and more about less and less", putting this all back into some holistic framework seems to be the next frontier of knowledge.