The ZeroZeros (00s) is the term we give to the 2000s, also known as the first decade of the twenty-first century, also known as the years 2000 through 2009. There is currently no accepted word for the decade, so we figure this is as good as any other! Currently, there’s not even a word for the generation being born right now.

The aim of this site is to give information on the political and artistic culture of the 2000s, which includes commentary, lists, references, and other historical data so we can try to make sense of this decade we’re in.

For many people, the decade really started on September 11, 2001, and we suppose you could use that as a starting point. 9/11 and the subsequent American-led War on Terror has cast such a huge shadow over the decade that it’s hard to think of anything else. But we’re gonna try. For one thing, many people don’t realize the leap in use of telecommunications this decade has given us. Even though we didn’t have anything close to a Space Odyssey in 2001 we do have those cool communicators that the 60s Star Trek era teased us about. Naturally, we’re talking about cell phones, which have become so ubiquitous that phone companies running land lines are threatened and if you spot a pay phone it’s a rare occurrence. The rise of the Internet, started in the 90s, has morphed itself into Web 2.0, blogging, and the behemoth that is Google. Don’t forget that processing power and data storage is extremely cheap and advanced. IPods have changed the way we listen to music. And we are finally getting high definition technology along with extremely thin flat screen displays to replace those damn CRTs!

Too early to talk about the 00s? Look at your calendar - we’re almost midway through 2007! 2010 will be here before you know it, and maybe in the Year We Make Contact we’ll have a good idea of where we’ve been, where we are, and where we’re going.

In the meantime, we hope you haven’t wasted all your nostalgia on the 80s.