Dario Amodei worried about Y2K in high school, and his teacher still remembers
km · x · 2026-10-28
pitdesi shares an anecdote that Dario Amodei was so worried about Y2K in high school that his teacher still remembers it decades later — "he's been a doomer for much longer than I thought!"
hanlonbt adds context: the world spent $600B–$1.2T in real dollars fixing Y2K, and the lack of major problems was mostly due to solid preparation rather than misplaced fears.
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