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The world was supposed to end 18 years ago.
It was said that the bug would take down critical infrastructures in an increasingly computer-reliant modern civilization.
This, of course, didnt happen.
And what happened instead?
(Hes doing fine, apparently.)
For what its worth, I thought the podcastwas questionable but not cruel, and alsobrilliant in places.
Surviving Y2Kdebuts next Tuesday, and it promises to bring back Taberskis unique take on the audio documentary.
Lets start from the top.
What isHeadlong?Headlongis … this is the first time Im giving this pitch, by the way.
I mean, Ive been thinking about it for years so I dont know why Im having trouble.
And Ive always thought it wasnt.
That combination of things creates this stew of incredible stories about people who were expecting the end.
Some of those people actually wanted the end to come and be this moment when they could start over.
I, personally, was one of those people.
Apocalypse, Im here.
Ill take my odds on what happens after.
Some of those people tried to make the end happen sooner.
Did anything you found remind you of where we are today?Oh yeah, for sure.
So, think about the Y2K situation.
Theres another thing thats really interesting about that moment when people first started hearing about the bug.
It was about the same time that people started realizing just how dependent on technology we were becoming.
Its a time bomb.
I dont actually know whether Y2K was a solved problem or a thing that didnt happen.
Part of what the podcast is trying to do is figure out which of the two is correct.
A bug implies a mistake, but it wasnt a mistake.
It was in the design.
Well, what do you think?
So I hope itll happen again.
I hope people will give me a listen because of it.
But I dont want it to be a failure.
