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NARRATOR 4: By the year 2000
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Time Bomb Y2K

By the year 2000, computers willinvade our privacy, on a scale hardly imaginable.They...

NARRATOR 4: By the year 2000, computers will
invade our privacy, on a scale hardly imaginable.
They will be interconnected and unless prevented
by new legislation, will be able to
sell information

Full Transcript

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NARRATOR 4: By the year 2000,
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computers will invade our privacy,
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on a scale hardly imaginable. They will be interconnected
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and unless prevented by new legislation,
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will be able to sell information.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:42
Uploaded
Apr 21, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
HBO Documentary Films,Spinning Nancy

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Movie Summary

An immersive, all-archival retelling of the "Y2K" millennium bug and the mass hysteria that changed the fabric of modern society.
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
However, our individual and collective response to Y2K - Time Bomb Y2K 00:10
However, our individual and collective response to Y2K
We know that Y2K is not about computers alone. - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
We know that Y2K is not about computers alone.
This group started with a group of people - Time Bomb Y2K 00:29
This group started with a group of people