For example, we'd like to see discussions about the role of the hero archetype new narrative forms and media which can launch stories into the culture within months audience interactivity, engagement and transformation collaborations among storytelling modes, such as making interviews and journals available to novelists and screenwriters creating visionary fiction that people can actually use, right now and a hundred other topics. We have identified key storytellers whom we would like to reach, and whose networks we would like to engage in this effort. The time we knew would come has, indeed, arrived. What we do now will truly make all the difference in the world. Y2K is a digital problem, which requires an analog answer.
Stories can change an age, turn an era round.
Our old story is coming into clear view with the Year 2000 problem, a historic event that will likely transform us all, for better and for worse. The inability of many computers and microchips to deal with the dilemma of a four digit year will most certainly generate disruptions in our lives. And since none of us can know the extent of these disruptions, or their impact on society, the stories we tell each other now will shape our expectations and our responses during the next few years. Y2K is dramatizing many aspects of the familiar cultural story we've been living in for decades. Y2K's relentless, non-negotiable deadline and potential magnitude are pushing us to confront who we are, to see what we have created.