🇺🇸United States · 00s
The Millennium
Hanging chads, dot-com crash, and the dawn of a new era.
4 milestones of 2000
The closest presidential election in history came down to Florida's hanging chads. The Supreme Court decided the outcome 5-4. Bush won by 537 votes.
Politically divisive — factual, present both sides' concerns
The NASDAQ peaked at 5,048 on March 10, then crashed. $5 trillion in market value evaporated. Pets.com, Webvan, and hundreds of startups vanished.
The world woke up on January 1st and... everything worked. The $300 billion Y2K fix had worked (or the threat was overhyped). Either way, civilization survived.
President Clinton and PM Blair announced the first draft of the human genome. 'The most important, most wondrous map ever produced by humankind.'
70% local · 30% international
Gladiator
Ridley Scott — 'Are you not entertained?' Russell Crowe's epic. Best Picture.
Cast Away
Robert Zemeckis — Tom Hanks and Wilson the volleyball. Stranded perfection.
Memento
Christopher Nolan — Time ran backwards. Nolan announced himself.
X-Men
Bryan Singer — Marvel's first modern hit. The superhero era was coming.
The Emperor's New Groove
Mark Dindal — Box office hit in the US — TMDB 7.6
Survivor
2000-present — Reality TV exploded. Richard Hatch won $1 million. America was hooked.
Malcolm in the Middle
2000-2006 — Frankie Muniz and Bryan Cranston. Dysfunctional family comedy perfected.
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000-2024 — Larry David played himself. Cringe comedy reached new heights.
Currency: USD
Inflation: 3.4%
Dot-com crash beginning. The 90s boom was ending. Uncertainty ahead.
Inflation-adjusted values
Camera phones
Sharp launched the first phone with a built-in camera in Japan.
PlayStation 2
Sony's PS2 launched — would become the best-selling console ever (155 million units).
USB flash drives
The first USB thumb drives appeared — goodbye floppy disks.
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