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STEVE JOBS: We humans are tool builders
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Time Bomb Y2K

We humansare tool builders and we can fashiontools that amplify these inherentabilities...

STEVE JOBS: We humans
are tool builders and we can fashion
tools that amplify these inherent
abilities that we have to spectacular
magnitudes. And so for me, a computer has always been
a bicycle of the mind

Full Transcript

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STEVE JOBS: We humans are tool builders
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and we can fashion tools that amplify
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these inherent abilities that we have
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to spectacular magnitudes. And so for me,
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a computer has always been a bicycle of the mind.
Duration
17 seconds
Views
36
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:01
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.
Something that takes us far beyond - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
Something that takes us far beyond
PETER JENNINGS: Microsoft will be the most powerful company - Time Bomb Y2K 00:09
PETER JENNINGS: Microsoft will be the most powerful company
But so many people are dependent on those tools. - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
But so many people are dependent on those tools.
Once they have those things... (CHUCKLES) - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
Once they have those things... (CHUCKLES)
I think a millennia from now - Time Bomb Y2K 00:09
I think a millennia from now
Now that I've gone on the internet, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
Now that I've gone on the internet,
JOHN PERRY BARLOW: Any human being can say - Time Bomb Y2K 00:08
JOHN PERRY BARLOW: Any human being can say
It means that all of those - Time Bomb Y2K 00:13
It means that all of those
MAN: I think it's no accident - Time Bomb Y2K 00:15
MAN: I think it's no accident
It's the actual millennium itself - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
It's the actual millennium itself
It's like a magnet - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
It's like a magnet
So as you hit it right on the year 2000, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:09
So as you hit it right on the year 2000,
I want to get online. I need a computer! - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
I want to get online. I need a computer!
Computers that can handle millions of numbers a minute - Time Bomb Y2K 00:11
Computers that can handle millions of numbers a minute
It's a problem called the Millennium Bug - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
It's a problem called the Millennium Bug
We can't see the electronic calendar - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
We can't see the electronic calendar
The first two digits of the year, the 19, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:09
The first two digits of the year, the 19,
To save precious storage space, only the last two digits change. - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
To save precious storage space, only the last two digits cha...
So when the year 1999 ends, virtually all computer calendars - Time Bomb Y2K 00:11
So when the year 1999 ends, virtually all computer calendars
And they're going to fall asunder - Time Bomb Y2K 00:08
And they're going to fall asunder