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		hugh on Sept 24, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Science beyond individual understanding In what way was y2k a public policy issue? And was the "debacle" the bug itself or the over-reaction to it?

michael_nielsen on Sept 24, 2008 [–]

A very incomplete summary of the public policy aspect: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y2K#Government_responses

You can find far more by Googling around. A large number of countries seemed to have mobilized resources, in many cases quite significant.

As to your second question, I was thinking about the over-reaction.

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