The Token Effect, by Ramon Recuero (http://blog.ycombinator.com/the-token-effect/) does a good job of emphasizing the role of a network and how value is aligned. From the blog post:
"Fairness is defined by rewarding good actors monetarily for contributing value to the network."
"Tokens allow decentralized protocols to capture the value of the network."
"In summary, tokens coordinate efforts in the network and motivate responsible participation."
The hype of ICOs has been focused on tokenizing everything, which doesn't necessarily create value. Going forward, I expect the emphasis to shift from tokenizing everything to creating networks out of everything, and tokenizing those networks. However, I also expect we will require numerous, obvious, practical examples (e.g. failures) before the community refocuses on networks as the source of value and tokens as yet another tool.
The long answer: https://twitter.com/nivertech/status/903964504446439424