If you get enough teenagers typing on instant messenger, eventually their messages will reach a critical mass and take over the world. All those science fiction movies about artificial intelligence and man versus computer and that kind of thing? They were close, but they missed the important detail:

Instant Messenger.

That is what will be humanity’s downfall. IM will destroy the world.

You heard it here first. When it happens, I expect a newspaper headline or a check or something. Just slip it under the door, and I’ll make sure it gets deposited safely in my bank account, or framed and hung on the wall, whichever is appropriate for the type of reward I’ll be getting.

These kinds of predictions don’t come free, you know. “IM Kills The World” isn’t the kind of thing you can just dash off in a few words and then go back to sleep. It takes days and days of intense forecasting and research. And after that it takes several more weeks to carefully craft the sentences that will clearly explain to the Internet public the results of the research.

Actually, you might want to send me a check right now, just in case you forget when the end of the world shows up. kthx.

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