"The blockchain will be a big technology going forward, but in terms of "epochs" it's more an extension of the internet than an epoch in of itself. What you'll see is new internet apps built on it, in a burst of creativity similar to when public API's and AJAX were new and enabled "Web 2.0". Same for wearables and the "Internet of Things"; it's more an extension of the mobile era than a new one of itself. Personally, what I believe will drive the next "epoch" will be cheap, powerful AI. Not in a singularity-cometh sort of way, but in applications that go light years beyond what current apps offer in terms of understanding context and language, and helping with what we're trying to do." - Eric P