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So here’s my theory. We did save the world in 2000. The programmers, that is. Everyone sweating bullets up past midnight on January 1. You all are big dam heroes.
But one, maybe two errors slipped through. Not enough to stop the math. Not enough to bring down the signal. 1/?
But one, maybe two errors slipped through. Not enough to stop the math. Not enough to bring down the signal. 1/?
Just a few bits here and there that compounded over time to form a whole pile of errors that kept compiling until, 20 years on, they became sentient. 2/?
And those errors, if someone was ready, could have been caught. But we were all very busy keeping our jobs & making our next excellent review.
It’s hard to be the person who says something is wrong when everyone is happy. When we saved the world. There’s no job security in that
It’s hard to be the person who says something is wrong when everyone is happy. When we saved the world. There’s no job security in that
And no, this isn’t about Y2K that was to get your attention. This is about the errors that are compounding now.
If you can imagine a few small Y2K blips turning into the current administration... try imagining the impact of not wearing a mask or not voting.
If you can imagine a few small Y2K blips turning into the current administration... try imagining the impact of not wearing a mask or not voting.
And here’s what I’m asking you to do, for the next little bit of time. When you see something is wrong ?
Something slipping past the universe’s filters?
Fix it. Don’t assume someone else will.
Twenty years from now, someone won’t know to thank you, but it will matter even so.
Something slipping past the universe’s filters?
Fix it. Don’t assume someone else will.
Twenty years from now, someone won’t know to thank you, but it will matter even so.
