xkcd

Socrates could've saved himself a lot of trouble if he'd just brought a flashlight, tranquilizer gun, and a bunch of rescue harnesses.

xkcd is a popular webcomic from Randall Munroe. It often features physics or science related humour, frequently delving into transhumanist and futurist content. The numerous references to space exploration and velociraptors are omitted from the list below.

Often Where's my flying car? is addressed.

Examples

• Trapped, Debugger - Consciousness, Simulation hypothesis
• Future Timeline - Futurology
• Extended Mind - Exobrain
• Potential - Cyborgization
• Cryogenics - Cryonics
• Wake Up Sheeple - Animal Uplift
• Skynet, AI-Box Experiment, The Three Laws of Robotics, Number of Computers - AI
• Shoes - Immortalism
• Server Problem, Singularity - The Singularity
• Tuesdays - Body modification
• Steroids - Drugs in sport
• Super Bowl Context - Aging
• Brain Upload- Mind uploading
• Digital Data - Digital immortality
• Genetic Testing - DNA testing
• Horses - Self-driving cars
• Team Chat - Technoconservatism, Kardashev scale, Hive mind
• Please add more!

External links

• xkcd.com - official site
• explainxkcd.com - 3rd party site with deeper analysis into content featured
• /r/xkcd on Reddit
• xkcd on Wikipedia