Is this going to be libraries?
  
    futurist Paul Saffo made a prediction: The future belongs to
    neither the conduit or content players, but those who control
    the filtering, searching, and sense-making tools we will rely
    on to navigate through the expanses of cyberspace.
    
    In a world of hyperabundant content, point of view will become
    the scarcest of resources, and we will race to model human
    points of view within the personalities of our software agents.
    I will even bet that an industry will grow up around
    individuals licensing their points of view for use in context
    engines in exchange for usage royalties. Imagine being able to
    give your news agent the personality and perspective of Walter
    Cronkite, Howard Stern, or John Updike, or consult the
    software-doubles of Siskel and Ebert for advice on cool movies
    to view. Just as some talk show hosts have become the movers
    and shakers of post-network TV today, individuals with unique
    points of view could become the superstars of cyberspace, their
    personalities immortalized in software traversing the web.
    
    
  
  Players
  
    - Google (obviously)
 
    - Facebook - social media is a filter
    (not always a good one
 
    - Acadmic?
     
  
  Tools
  
    - Channels (make selection for you) (is
    this going to last. Do you care "what channel is on?"
 
    - Agents (Pandora) >algorithmic
    parameters defining these agents will spell wild success or
    utter doom for one player after another.