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Y2K had everyone spooked and everyone thought that all the machines would stop, looking back on it seems funny now. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dates

• ctdonath 8y ago
  That threat was real, and an example of how concerted objective efforts could fix it. Unfortunately, many people seem to think a risk is only real if something goes wrong; successful mitigation seems to mean the risk wasn't real.