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Your last point, wired is faster and more reliable than wireless. I was surprised to discover that for myself. This may change in the next few innovations. Wireless is still in it’s infancy.

No it is not.
Wireless is as old as solid state and integrated circuit electronics, which began in the late 50s-early 60s, in, for example controlling model boats and flying airplane models.

This may change in the next few innovations. Wireless is still in it’s infancy.

I don't think that is true - Wireless will always be slower, cannot catch up, simply because the wire is native, while wireless necessarily is converted from wire to radio, and then back again. That necessarily takes more time than 'straight through', see?

Your last point, wired is faster and more reliable than wireless. I was surprised to discover that for myself. This may change in the next few innovations. Wireless is still in it’s infancy.

Not only does wireless have to be converted from/to wired, but it's also much more sensitive to outside interference.

Technically, they travel at the same speed, close to the speed of light. What you mean by 'speed' is actually bandwidth: larger amounts of data in smaller amounts of time. Since a wired connection is a physical, linear connection, there is much less interference, and a more reliable connection. And depending on the gear attached to it, can send tons of data per second. A wireless connection will be sending data out in all directions, meaning you have a lot less range, can get interference from other wireless in the area (Or an EM field, like power or metals), and is a lot less secure (Anyone can read your data, and with a few simple tools can decrypt it and actually read it.) So in order to increase 'speed', you need to find ways to increase the amount of data you can transmit at the same time. Advances like fiber, which uses light pulses instead of radio/electricity, mean you get light-fast data, and is capable of transmitting lots of data for a given amount of EM wave.

A lot of this is similar to the radio you listen to, with two different types of data transfer: FM and AM (frequency and amplitude modulation). Depending on which you use, you get clearer transmissions, as you can put more, and more specific (hence clearer), information into a FM signal than AM.

Here's a test you can try to see it in action: plug in a wireless mouse, and a decent wired one. You'll see latency issues simply because a wired mouse is near-instantaneous data transfer to your computer, whereas a wireless mouse (while more convenient), still has to convert, transmit, and reconvert the same data signal.