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Searches for “End of the World” Are Skyrocketing on the Internets

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Smartypants futurist Jamais Cascio has noticed something especially eschatological in the search logs for his blog, Open the Future. A few months ago, “end of the world” suddnely become the most popular search term leading people to his writing. Just to illustrate the weirdness, he’s created a graph showing how the phrase stacked up against other search terms like “anthrax” and “astroid strike.” Check out the results, with handy color coding.


What the Heck?
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