Extinction timeline* 1950-2050 * Existence insignificant beyond this date Sit down breakfasts WW2
SMALLPOX
John F Kennedy
BERLIN WALL
Elvis
Communism Soviet Union Exchange controls (UK)
WW1 Czar Nicholas II
Great Barrier Reef
Direct marketing Butchers Free parking WW1 survivors
MENDING THINGS
PHYSICAL NEWSPAPERS
Ties
KEYS
DEATH
Blindness
Childhood Reality TV
SIZE O Libraries Unfenced beaches Static ads
Manned moon landings
Primitive forms of money
Vacuum tubes Keynesian economics
George Bush II
CFCs
Space Invaders Studio 54 Sinclair C5
Kingdom of Greece
Persia Prussia
Tony Blair
BRITISH EMPIRE
Affordable housing Milkmen Pluto Tower Records
Barings Bank
8-track Disco
Wire recorders Cheap oil
LETTER WRITING
Kurt Cobain
PRIVACY
78-rpm records
Over the counter cocaine
Issac Asimov East Pakistan DDT Jim Morrison Gold Standard (US) Imperial measurement (UK)
Open borders
Yugoslavia John Lennon Chernobyl Pacman Manual typewriters
Jimi Hendrix Janis Joplin Get Smart
Manchu Dynasty Titanic
Habeas corpus TWA Douglas Adams Enron Corporation Arthur Anderson
Chinese Imperial family
Innocence Hope Love bites Swiss Army knives
Queen Victoria
Princess Diana B&W television Telex 35mm projectors
1950
1960
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GETTING LOST
Eleven European currencies Paternity disputes Internal EU passport controls Segway
1980
1990
2000
European Union “SORRY” Vladimir Putin
Free roads Waistlines AM radio
Video rental stores Fax machines
WEB 2.0 The Maldives
Futurists WW2 survivors Cher
Cosmetic surgery
GLACIERS
PHYSICAL PAIN UGLYNESS
British Royalty Natural childbirth
PETROL ENGINED VEHICLES Addiction
SPELLING BLOGGING
Lists of predictions
Aral sea Low-cost travel Bangladesh
Buckteeth CRT television “Thank you” Newspaper delivery
NATION STATES
PEACE & QUIET
Telephone directories DESKTOP COMPUTERS State pensions Receptionists Work free weekends Paris Hilton
NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY
Steam locomotive Buggy whips
Concorde Polaroids Bone phone Careers
Wrinkles Kim Jong II
RETIREMENT The next big thing Big political ideas Customer service Computer mouse
Sunday lunch
Philip K. Dick
National currencies A good night’s sleep Bank notes Wallets Free public spaces Carbon emissions Deafness
Lunch FM radio Crafts people Inheritance tax Intimacy
BlackBerries Real handkerchiefs
Normal weather Public intellectuals Punch cards Wooden toys
Apartheid Green screens
Ottoman Empire
Trade Unions
Secretaries Secrets DVD Village shops Russian democracy Text-based search
Lindsay Lohan Low doc mortgages
Betamax
Passenger airships
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POST OFFICES
Repair shops Phone boxes
Oil Microsoft The Middle class Spam Aboriginal culture Rocky films
Taiwan
COPYRIGHT
Dial-up Email
Household chores
The family room
COINS
Landline telephones John Howard Advertising regulation Ashtrays
2010
2020
2030
2040
2050
Predicted Death Date ** ** Not to be taken too seriously