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NARRATOR 1: In just two decades, the speed of computers
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Time Bomb Y2K

In just twodecades, the speed of computers has improved over 100 times

NARRATOR 1: In just two
decades, the speed of computers has improved over 100 times

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NARRATOR 1: In just two decades, the speed of computers
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has improved over 100 times.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
41
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:10
Uploaded
Apr 21, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
HBO Documentary Films,Spinning Nancy

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An immersive, all-archival retelling of the "Y2K" millennium bug and the mass hysteria that changed the fabric of modern society.
NARRATOR 2: At the core of our society, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:08
NARRATOR 2: At the core of our society,
NARRATOR 3: For just as the Industrial Revolution - Time Bomb Y2K 00:11
NARRATOR 3: For just as the Industrial Revolution
NARRATOR 4: By the year 2000, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:13
NARRATOR 4: By the year 2000,
Everybody knows what's happening in every part of the world - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
Everybody knows what's happening in every part of the w...
And it's affecting every part of our lives. - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
And it's affecting every part of our lives.
TV HOST: It is, ironically, that we're too well-informed, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
TV HOST: It is, ironically, that we're too well-informe...
We've lost forever, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:11
We've lost forever,
TV HOST: Is it gonna bring us closer together - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
TV HOST: Is it gonna bring us closer together
It can bring the world closer together, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
It can bring the world closer together,
MAN: We have become very, very dependent - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
MAN: We have become very, very dependent
We are going to be stress tested - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
We are going to be stress tested
♪ (UPBEAT SYNTH MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪ - Time Bomb Y2K 00:05
♪ (UPBEAT SYNTH MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
NIMOY: How could the omission of two simple digits - Time Bomb Y2K 00:08
NIMOY: How could the omission of two simple digits
♪ (DREAMY MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
♪ (DREAMY MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
How will it affect you, your family, your community, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:09
How will it affect you, your family, your community,
In a very real way, we're all responsible for Y2K. - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
In a very real way, we're all responsible for Y2K.
We've all benefited from the technologies - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
We've all benefited from the technologies
And we have therefore encouraged - Time Bomb Y2K 00:08
And we have therefore encouraged
And yes, perhaps we are now realizing - Time Bomb Y2K 00:12
And yes, perhaps we are now realizing
How fragile do we now find ourselves - Time Bomb Y2K 00:08
How fragile do we now find ourselves