The way I understand the future of TEI is by learning from the past, or specifically my past. I will let someone more worthy provide a more generalised set of proposals, I will look at the different ways I have used TEI encoded documents, which I hope will show the trajectory of my thoughts about how TEI could be used in the future.
Julian Oliver has put his finger smack on the pulse. The paradox is what economists call a supply-and-demand imbalance: Surging demand for 24/7 news has become inversely proportional to the supply of quality journalism.
Content creation at Wikipedia is slowing down. The already small number of active regular editors is on the decline and Jimmy Wales has called for live edits to be held for approval on many pages, a step sure to slow contributions even further.