EP #205 - 01.19.2021 - Y2K and COVID-19

Today we discuss Y2K, COVID-19, and the CRISIS OF EXPERTISE with historian Zachary Loeb.

Zachary Loeb is a PhD candidate in the History and Sociology of Science at the University of Pennsylvania. He works at the intersection of the history of technology and the history of disasters. Zachary's research explores the belief that humanity's romance with techno-science will lead to the end of the world--he works on the history of computing, the history of critiques (and critics) of techno-science, as well as on prophecies of doom and those who are described (rightly or wrongly) as prophets of doom. He is writing a dissertation on the year 2000 computing crisis, better known as Y2K.