Status Updates From The Future of the Internet ...

The current part is examining what it means to have generative systems, what their attributes are, how they interact, etc. Interesting stuff, but so far it's mostly set-up for the rest of the chapter.

"If the PC ceases to be at the center of the information technology ecosystem, the most restrictive aspects of information appliances will come to the fore."

He called it.

While this is about the Internet, it might as well be written about today's web.

So far, the TL;DR version is that the last decade since the book was written hasn't really improved things.

I didn't read it back then, but it seems pretty relevant today.