2000, the Year Formerly Known as the Future — We Live in the Future — Medium: Later, once time had turned 1984 from dystopia to past, the year 2000 reclaimed its role as the embodiment of the future. All of our hopes and fears and crazy ideas about technology received the timestamp 2000.
Looking back, it never fails to amaze me how distant this past future appears. Let’s time-travel back to the year 2000 and have a look.