Looking into Google's future

Everybody loves Google. The extremely useful search engine has become the de facto search engine of choice among many Net users. However, one really wonders what Google will be like in the future. CNNMoney.com has an interesting article that attempts to look at the future of Google and they have enlisted the help of some notable folks to help them gaze into the crystal ball.

What kind of company will Google become in the coming decades? Will it succumb to hubris and flame out like so many of its predecessors? Or will it grow into an omnipresent, omnipotent force--not just on Wall Street or the Web, but in society? We put the question to scientists, consultants, former Google employees, and tech visionaries like Ray Kurzweil and Stephen Wolfram. They responded with well-argued, richly detailed, and sometimes scary visions of a Google future.