Blogging past and future

More info here than most of us may be willing to read about the present and future state of  blogging from Brian Solis from a technorati report made at the Blogworld Expo.  Lots of interesting stats and charts.  Of interest to me were two charts that summarized the impact of blogging on various fields in the past and anticipated future. I have copied them below.  There are a lot of things I need to learn!