The 21st Century was Birthed in Chaos

Why should it be any different 25 years later?

Huddled around their computers, or listening to news reports on the radio or television, Americans on midnight 1999 awaited the ticking of the clock with more anxiety than in almost any previous year.

Y2K was upon them.

For months, terror-mongers had regaled us with stories of the Social Security system shutting down, of bank accounts being frozen, and o…