Awesome: The future according to Google search results

By Jeffrey Van Camp April 18, 2011

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Quit saving up for that DeLorean. Thanks to the power of Google, we can now predict, with extreme accuracy, the next 91 years of human life on Earth. The guys at xkcd have looked up the first page of search results for every year until 2101. Using some complicated search ant plotting techniques (not really), they have created a full timeline of the future so we can begin prepare for the inevitable.

Some of our favorite future moments:

2012: Apocalypse occurs
2015: Extreme poverty and hunger eradicated
2018: Jesus returns to Earth
2021: U.S. debt reaches 97 percent of GDP
2022: HTML 5 completed
2023: Jesus returns to Earth (again)
2024: Atlantis begins to reappear
2028: U.S. debt paid off
2032: U.S. elects first married lesbian president
2032: Entire world converted to Christianity
2044: Childhood obesity hits 100 percent
2045: Humans and machines merge
2050: Sex with robots possible
2053: Cars driven by dogs
2061: Halley’s comet returns
2063: First spacecraft exceeds the speed of light (1st warp drive)
2069: Public masturbation legalized
2084: Robot policemen introduced
2101: War!

The full list is below.

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There are a few great Web comics, but I always like the guys at xkcd.

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