| Sumario: | The year 2000, or Y2K, computer problem could have potentially chaotic consequences if it is not addressed by the global community. The problem stems from older computer systems that are unable to recognize four-digit dates and may take the year 2000 to be 1900. This could cause widespread disruption of finance, transport, and communication systems because the interconnectivity of the modern world means that no one system can shield itself from failure by attending to its own internal systems. Indeed, society and the world are dependent on vast computer networks that are linked together for political and economic purposes. The only response to the problem is collaboration, under which the best of human creativity is enable and the highest common good becomes the aim. The writers examine what leaders, communities, organizations, and individuals must do to avert disaster.
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