James Tanner in his Blog Genealogy's Star, has written a series of very interesting articles giving his take on where we are today in the world of genealogy. It may echo your own thoughts, but his insights are well worth the read.

James has  more than thirty years' experience in law and computers, and over twenty years experience as a research genealogist. His view is obviously born of great experience. The series of articles is in four parts, and if I have not messed up the links, you can read them as shown below.

Part 1

http://genealogysstar.blogspot.com/2013/09/where-are-we-today-overview-of.html 

Part 2

http://genealogysstar.blogspot.com/2013/09/where-are-we-today-overview-of_29.html

Part 3

http://genealogysstar.blogspot.com/2013/09/where-are-we-today-overview-of_5492.html 

Part 4  

http://genealogysstar.blogspot.com/2013/09/where-are-we-today-overview-of_30.html

You can access James' entire Blog at: http://genealogysstar.blogspot.com/