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What is the year 2000?

The year 2000, now only a short time away, means many things to many people. To some it is just another year, not even the first year of the third millennium but the last of the second. It will bring some unique events, such as computer failures, the Olympics, and a new presidential election for the USA. To some it represents the end of the Twentieth Century, in which so much has happened, and the start of the Twenty-first. (It's strange that no one disputes that the Twentieth Century will end on January 1, 2000, but many dispute that the second millennium is ending.) Beyond the scale of centuries, the end of a millennium has been interpreted in contexts as varied as literature, art, politics, and religion for as long as history has been counted in units of ten.

Here at the Genius 2000 Project we often use the year 2000 as a metaphor for the complex and always-evolving concept of history.

After all, history is neither the past, present, or future only, but a dynamic combination of all three. Furthermore, history is not merely events that occur; it is also the cognitive process by which humans experience, understand, and describe those events.

Because history and cognition have so many links and inter-relations, we feel it is worth the time and effort to try to understand the two concepts as inherently connected. "2000" thus becomes a symbol of history itself, that we can attempt to explore as a fractal and dynamic entity within the realm of human society and cognition. By combining "Genius" and "2000" in our reflections, we can come up with some interesting and surprising patterns.

Click here for a definition of "history" Click here for a definition of "millenium" Click here for an artistic interpretation of "2000"

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