Curated · Hand-written
1999
Curated entry for 1999.
Numerological root
1+9+9+9=28 → 2+8=10 → 1+0=1
1
— the initiator
readings
Cultural — the named echo
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Prince, 1999
1982 single, prophetic: 'Tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1999.'
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The Matrix
Released 31 March. The Wachowskis' bullet-time, the red pill, the green code rain.
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Y2K eve
Months of panic, billions in remediation, then the calendar rolled cleanly.
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Napster launched
Shawn Fanning's peer-to-peer file sharing service appeared in June and rewrote the music industry.