What a time to be alive.
#TimeBombY2K, an @HBO Original Documentary that examines the 1999 doomsday computer glitch and explores how modern life has been dramatically transformed by the digital revolution, premieres December 30 on @StreamOnMax.
#TimeBombY2K, an @HBO Original Documentary that examines the 1999 doomsday computer glitch and explores how modern life has been dramatically transformed by the digital revolution, premieres December 30 on @StreamOnMax.
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00:00 [MUSIC]
00:02 >> I think a millennia from now,
00:03 people are going to look back and say, "Wow,
00:05 the late 20th century was really
00:06 a great time to be alive on this planet."
00:08 [MUSIC]
00:15 >> Why 2K? What does it mean?
00:17 >> Using two digits rather than four made good economic sense.
00:21 >> But when workers advance clocks to the year 2000.
00:24 >> The world could melt down.
00:25 [MUSIC]
00:27 >> Our systems are broken.
00:28 >> We've got a problem with a couple of digits.
00:30 >> This has to be solved.
00:32 >> It's almost like a black hole.
00:34 The closer you get to it,
00:36 the more it speeds up.
00:38 >> Personal computers are the least of it.
00:40 >> It's the economies of
00:42 the countries that are interconnected.
00:43 >> This is clearly one of the most
00:44 complex challenges in history.
00:47 >> I pray that people don't panic.
00:49 [MUSIC]
00:52 >> I feel like our days could be numbered.
00:54 [MUSIC]
00:56 >> It's a paranoid and pathological time.
00:59 Lots of weird stuff happens.
01:00 >> There are people who are deliberately
01:03 predicting the very worst.
01:05 >> Militia groups worry that
01:06 the US government could grab more power.
01:09 >> There's lots that go out in Asia.
01:12 >> I'm concerned about terrorism.
01:14 >> Chaos and confusion.
01:17 >> Everything's going to collapse.
01:19 >> There is nothing I want more right now.
01:22 >> You're going to have the entire world explode.
01:24 [MUSIC]
01:33 [BLANK_AUDIO]