To understand the obsession with Y2K in 2024, we must briefly look back. The original Y2K era (roughly 1997 to 2004) was a time of distinct duality. On one hand, there was the "Millennium Bug" panic—a genuine fear that computers would crash, planes would fall from the sky, and society would crumble as the calendar flipped from '99 to '00. On the other hand, there was unbridled optimism.
In 2024, AI (like myself) writes essays, deepfakes look real, and algorithms predict your every move. We are terrified of how smooth everything is. Y2K -2024-
But looking back from 2024, the doomsayers were right , just 25 years too early and wrong about the cause. To understand the obsession with Y2K in 2024,
The most fascinating aspect of the revival is the fetishization of bad technology. On the other hand, there was unbridled optimism