2046
The sound of muted change jingling in someone's hand or pocket becomes the universal national anthem of the world, with each individual nation dubbing in the sound of the jingle of its own national change, intercut with the sound of its own national incest.

Disease, aging, and dying are eliminated, but people who die by accident are now doubly pissed off, and their revolt in the after-life wipes out half of civilization.

The Y2.046 Bug wipes out half of what's left.
2046

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