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What a time to be alive.  #TimeBombY2K, an @HBO Original Documentary that examines the 1999 doomsday computer glitch and explores how modern life has been dramatically transformed by the digital revolution, premieres December 30 on @StreamOnMax.

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00:00 [MUSIC]

00:02 >> I think a millennia from now,

00:03 people are going to look back and say, "Wow,

00:05 the late 20th century was really

00:06 a great time to be alive on this planet."

00:08 [MUSIC]

00:15 >> Why 2K? What does it mean?

00:17 >> Using two digits rather than four made good economic sense.

00:21 >> But when workers advance clocks to the year 2000.

00:24 >> The world could melt down.

00:25 [MUSIC]

00:27 >> Our systems are broken.

00:28 >> We've got a problem with a couple of digits.

00:30 >> This has to be solved.

00:32 >> It's almost like a black hole.

00:34 The closer you get to it,

00:36 the more it speeds up.

00:38 >> Personal computers are the least of it.

00:40 >> It's the economies of

00:42 the countries that are interconnected.

00:43 >> This is clearly one of the most

00:44 complex challenges in history.

00:47 >> I pray that people don't panic.

00:49 [MUSIC]

00:52 >> I feel like our days could be numbered.

00:54 [MUSIC]

00:56 >> It's a paranoid and pathological time.

00:59 Lots of weird stuff happens.

01:00 >> There are people who are deliberately

01:03 predicting the very worst.

01:05 >> Militia groups worry that

01:06 the US government could grab more power.

01:09 >> There's lots that go out in Asia.

01:12 >> I'm concerned about terrorism.

01:14 >> Chaos and confusion.

01:17 >> Everything's going to collapse.

01:19 >> There is nothing I want more right now.

01:22 >> You're going to have the entire world explode.

01:24 [MUSIC]

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Time Bomb Y2K | Official Documentry Trailer - HBO

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