Scenarios about 'y2k'
The Y2K problem was a computer programming shortcut that threatened to create widespread technical failures when the year changed from 1999 to 2000. This potential crisis stemmed from early programmers using two-digit year codes that couldn't distinguish between 1900 and 2000, prompting massive global remediation efforts costing hundreds of billions of dollars. In alternate history scenarios, Y2K often serves as a divergence point exploring outcomes where preparations failed or where the technical apocalypse materialized, dramatically altering modern technological development.
What If Y2K Actually Caused Major Problems?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the Y2K bug triggered widespread technological failures, causing a global crisis and fundamentally reshaping the early 21st century development of technology, society, and international relations.
What If Y2K Actually Caused a Global Computer Meltdown?
Exploring how society, technology, and global development would have been transformed if the Year 2000 bug had triggered the widespread technological failures that many feared.