This is spot on. So much of the workings of society literally depend on people having expertise and doing their jobs well that it’s easy for non-experts to dismiss that work because it usually goes well:
(I was there, the work was very real, and the consequences actually dire if systems weren’t remediated)
https://time.com/5752129/y2k-bug-history/
Dave Spector /
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2024-01-02 15:05:43
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