I really hope so. I'll be doing my part.

A big drag on this evolution will likely come from the parasitic science publishing industry, but probably also from funding agencies, and even the researchers themselves to an extent. The publishing monopoloy gets fat margins for doing essentially nothing aside from hosting. They do none of the research/validation/peer review/advocating. Funding agencies will complain that they don't have any other way to decide which research to fund because they rely so heavily on manufactured metrics by the publishing industry. Academics might be reluctant to change when their careers are on the line.

Surely you've thought about these issues before, so I'm curious to hear what you think.