Google is starting to remind me of the evil flying brains from Futurama: once Google has collected and organized all the world’s information in their datacentre they will destroy Earth so that no new information can be created.

It started with Google Earth: we could view satellite images of the entire planet, with enough detail to see the tops of people’s heads. Then there was the slightly creepier Street View, which allowed us to see straight down people’s driveways and look at others as they walked down the street. The latest venture seems to be sorting and organizing prescriptions.

What does everyone else think: a harmless company looking to make information easily accessible for all, or an alien race of super intelligent brains intent on learning everything until they destroy the Earth?