Such systems failures are not directly date-glitch related. Everyday life would be disrupted, institutions may totter, but most of the major systems, like food delivery and healthcare, are likely to shake, but survive. In this scenario, despite major cascading technological failures, surprisingly, humanity will find common purpose. Everyday life will change, but in many ways it could change for the better as people rediscover neighborhoods, the power of working together, and their ability to make a difference. The Possibility of Learning Everyday life changes dramatically in all but one of the above scenarios.
History forgets tragedy, and embraces emblematic icons.
The Civil War ended the institution of US Slavery, World War Two defeated Hitler. Even the Holocaust, horrible as it was, is today an emblem of a people's will to survive. Problem are, the world will not long remember - unless the changes that we almost certainly must face embody a powerful, positive lesson. The only one of the scenarios above that does this is Human Spirit. Human Spirit gains value for an additional reason.