Thanks for the answers! However, it seems you have slightly missed my intention with the scenarios and grading. I did not intend them to be considered as black and white, "yes or no" type of thought, which is why I provided the numbers 1 - 10.
The scenarios are extreme, by design, I was not expecting any 10/10 answers, they are simply so to offer a glimpse into a possible future (like the ones seen in many works of science fiction and fantasy) and to ask one to think how likely and in what part do you think these scenarios will come to pass.
For example, A miniature computer with the access to all human knowledge, will exist in the pockets of nearly every human being. This scenario might've seemed unthinkable once, I mean computers used to take up entire rooms and there's no way to get all human knowledge into one anyway. And even if you could, how would you implement a keyboard and a screen into pocket sized computer, you can't even use one without those... Nowadays, it seems to be more than just a little likely, but how exactly did it happen? What lead to this specific future scenario coming true, while so many others didn't?
Mind you, I'm not saying that the scenarios I introduced are all equally likely (even I don't believe or even want some of them to be), but... they might still come to pass. If and how and why is what I hope to find out with my Master's thesis.
Even if you didn't really grade them as I intended, you still seem to be well versed in the topic and you make some very good points, especially with your focus on people and authors being the ones that matter. I'd like to make the argument, though, that tech is also tools, after all, chisels to carve stone tablets, ink, pen, paper, typewriters, keyboards, hypertext, internet, etc. are all as much tech as they are tools.
If you don't mind, I'd like to ask if you could come up with any possible future scenarios, with people or authors as the main focus (perhaps concerning how we would get more of them). As well as what kind of tools (in addition to what we already have) would you like to see in the future or which ones would you like to see improved. And concerning what ever else you think I didn't take into consideration enough.
I really would appreciate it, especially since the ones I came up with are "misguided". (I do not mean to sound confrontational, or insulting, or anything in case I do, I legitimately would like your help to make my thesis and research better.)
Thanks for answers again, hope you have a good day (or night)! And thanks for the heads up on GrueScript, going to check that out.