Doomsday 2000/2038/2100

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🗓️ 14 April 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Today we travel to a future where software engineers didn’t actually fix any of the Y2K bugs. What would have happened if we had ignored the problem? What lessons does Y2K have for us, and why are people worried about 2038 and 2100? Guests: Peter de Jager — author of “Doomsday 2000” and Y2K town crier. Dr. Andy Michael — geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey’s Earthquake Science Center John Feminella — software engineer at ThoughtWorks Dr. Sara K. McBride — emergency management specialist with the U.S. Geological Survey → → → Further reading & resources here! ← ← ← Flash Forward is produced by me, Rose Eveleth. The intro music is by Asura and the outtro music is by Hussalonia. The episode art is by Matt Lubchansky. Get in touch: Twitter // Facebook // Reddit // [email protected] Support the show: Patreon // Donorbox Subscribe: iTunes // Soundcloud // Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and I am Rose and I am your extremely human host. Please do not trust any rumors that I am actually in AI that is fake news.
0:19.0	This show Flash Forward is a show about the future. Every episode we take on a specific possible
0:25.3	or not so possible future scenario.
0:28.8	We always start with a little field trip
0:30.9	into the future to check out what is going on and then we
0:34.5	teleport back to today to talk to experts about how that world that we just
0:39.4	heard might really go down. Got it?
0:44.0	Great.
0:45.0	Okay, a few quick things before we go to the future today because it is the first episode of the
0:48.7	season, we have some housekeeping to do.
0:50.6	The first thing is that there is flash forward merchandise and you can get it with
0:55.0	Fiat money and it will ship right to your house.
0:58.1	It is very exciting.
0:59.7	And the actual announcement is that right now I am donating all the proceeds from flash forward
1:04.7	merch to charities working to help people impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
1:09.7	So if you have ever eyed a shirt or a tote or a sticker or a trophy or a poster, now is an awesome time to get that.
1:18.0	You can go to flashforwardpod.com slash shop and you can see all of the options. The second quick thing I'll say is that, as you all
1:26.6	know, it is kind of a weird time right now. That may be the understatement of the century.
1:33.0	There is a pandemic happening and it is scary and it is impacting a lot of people
1:37.0	and most importantly I hope you are all okay and safe and as unaffected by all of this as possible.
1:44.0	As you might know, Flashforward is a totally independent show.
1:47.6	I do not have network funding here or a wealthy donor making this possible.
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