But no, we live in times where anxiety and anticipation are more important than the event itself. These are, incidentally, the same six questions journalists are taught to ask. Journalists, like children, never get tired of asking the same questions. Actually, a lot of people care. And by some coincidence they all stand to make money from it.
Newspapers run stories daily about the millennium because they know it sells papers.
This is a fallacy. The truth is Bill Gates made it up because he has nothing better to do than sit on the throne in his office and spread nasty rumors in the hope that it will sell more software. Like he needs to sell more software. There's a lot of debate about when the millennium starts. The other side points out that since there wasn't a year 0, the millennium actually starts on Jan 1, 2001.