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Why Did Everyone Care About Y2K?

While the world collectively held their breath through December 31, 1999, the Y2K hysteria predated the new millennium by decades. Prince was singing about “two thousand, zero zero, party over, oops, out of time” as early as 1982, and preparations for the great unknown of the 2000s intensified throughout the 1990s. In hindsight, it was a new year like any other. Why were people scared of Y2K? To put it simply, it was the sobering realization that we had permanently crossed the threshold into a computerized world, and the possibility of even a brief widespread technological issue could signal the end times.

English
  • Originally Aired April 26, 2024
  • Runtime 12 minutes
  • Network YouTube
  • Created April 30, 2024 by
    josh42
  • Modified April 30, 2024 by
    josh42