Hur många här minns upptakten till år 2000 och hysterin kring att Y2K-säkra alla datorer? Alla domedagsprofetior som försäkrade oss om att världen skulle gå under och hur all elektronik skulle gå i revolt mot mänskligheten. Det hela piskades upp något enormt på TV och det fanns gott om bolag som var snabba på att slå mynt av situationen.
I en ny dokumentär som får premiär den 30:e december så utforskas exakt detta med en blandning av intervjuer blandat med gott om nostalgiskt arkivmaterial som tar oss tillbaka till de där sista månaderna innan det nya året. Synopsis och trailer kan du spana in här nedan.
"With Y2K now in the rearview mirror and with new technological threats emerging daily, Time Bomb Y2K raises concerns about the digital infrastructure we've created and takes a prophetic and comical look at our dependence on complex systems vulnerable to future glitches."
"Y2K forced us to consider what would happen if computers worldwide suddenly stopped working. Even worse, what if this failure led to nuclear catastrophe? Against this backdrop, the world rose to the challenge and exhibited unprecedented cooperation to ultimately avert disaster."
"As the clock counted down to the dawn of the 21st century, the world was bracing for the largest potential technological disaster to ever threaten humanity. The problem is comically simple yet incredibly complex - a bug that could cause computers to misinterpret the year 2000 as 1900, sowing chaos throughout the world as electronic systems failed."
"Crafted entirely through archival footage, the HBO Documentary Time Bomb Y2K is a prescient and often humorous tale about the power and vulnerabilities of technology. By re-appraising both the cooperative efforts and mass hysteria surrounding this millennial milestone, Time Bomb Y2K explores how modern life has been dramatically transformed by the digital revolution."
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