I think a simple search on Google Trends for Drupal will give you a good idea of where it's headed. I wrote a while ago about it: http://teddy.fr/2013/01/25/dropping-the-drop/
A good deal of the really innovative folks have left the Drupal island.
A good deal of the really innovative folks have left the Drupal island.
Unless the pool of innovative folks is stagnate this doesn't make any sense.
What I mean is that at this stage, the direction of the project is pretty much set, and there's not a lot of effective pull made in other directions. A lot of the folks who were bringing some balance have simply left.
There are indeed still tremendously smart and innovative folks in this community. Not a lot of people questioning what "the Drupal way" should be though.