That is really an awsome article, and shows exactly that some predictions that were mentioned in the past did not have the real landscape to be real in the near nor in the far future.
Personally I only love one of those predictions that you mentioned at the End:
Rick Falkvinge, Founder of the Swedish Pirate party
“Bitcoin will do to banks what email did to the postal industry.”
I wish from the deep of my heart that this will happen as soon as possible.
because we are tired of the corruption of the motherfu..... banks already.