I think it's just like when we had all the drama over 'the millenium' - lots of hype doom and gloom and things went fine.
We really never know what the future holds but if anyone heard about Orsen Wells & his 'War of the Worlds Martian Invasion' radio thing in 1938 ....it caused total panic then outrage when people finally realized it was fiction.
if they had the internet that would have never happened but in those days radio was the only media I think |