Of course, you and I have the benefit of a decade’s worth of hindsight. I find it extremely ironic how Y2K would pass with barely a whimper (see Wikipedia for a list of problems that did happen; there are only a few) yet the real disasters would manifest in the September 11th terrorist attacks of 2001, and the Depression we’re going through now. In fact, there are even little hints in the book that foreshadows such events as these. To prepare for Y2K was an undertaking unlike any we had ever seen before. Companies spent thousands, and governments spent millions in an attempt to prepare their systems for the coming millennium. We, as a society were suddenly made very aware of all of the vulnerabilities in our very way of life; the computers that we had all come to take for granted. While Y2K didn’t turn out to be the mega disaster that some people thought it would be, perhaps it is possible that the mentality of risk management better prepared us for the real disasters that did lie ahead? Many of the suggestions this book makes are still relevant, especially considering the dismal economy; which came about in spite of a smooth Y2K transition. It begs the question though-What have we learned from the Year 2000 Problem? And if we didn’t learn anything, what does that say about us?