The next big thing in software: anthroprogramming

I wonder what the next big thing in computers will be. First was the personal computer, then came the web (remarkably refined over recent years). What's the third stage? The word "mobile" pops into my head. Nah.

What attracted me to computers before the web? The software. So after software came web apps; and after web apps come ... robots? After the floppy came the modem; after the modem comes ... immersive environments? Transporters? The PC extended our mental reach; the web made us omniscient; the next thing will make us ...compassionate? Technology has assisted our mental capabilities; is the next dimension to be power-assisted the emotional/social? The spiritual? The physical? Or will it mainly be ever increasing focus on the mental dimension?

Perhaps the PC was the mental assist; the web was the social assist; and the two future assists will be the physical (robots/transporters/immersive reality) and the spiritual (?). The spiritual - maybe that's it. How will the next big thing in computers be spiritual? (and I don't mean anything gaudy, or much to do with the web, but some new, unobvious combination of technology and spirituality/compassion).

Perhaps we will be able to beam hearts at each other. Seeing someone particularly gloomy, we can aim our laptop's iLove at them and these red floaty things get emitted from the iLove, smacking them and causing them to feel immediately pleased, or inspired, or smart, or whatever else they need. They are little computer programs that we shoot from our laptops into people's bodies. We send them across the internet into people halfway around the world. This reminds me of something I saw in The Matrix -- a computer program ingested through a piece of cake (though in this case it was for evil ends). And this seems to be more physical than spiritual.

So perhaps the next fun/frightening stage in computers is writing software that controls our minds/bodies. Like the first two stages, there are dangers and drugs, and good as well. Like the first two stages, it will be exhilarating, and frustrating.