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Ninety Percent Sure
Author(s) -
Hoffbuhr Jack W.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.2000.tb08795.x
Subject(s) - column (typography) , executive summary , operations research , management , engineering , operations management , computer science , business , telecommunications , economics , finance , frame (networking)
In his column, AWWA Executive Director Jack Hoffbuhr discusses how technology “angst” influences how we perceive situations that are actually proven to be of no concern, but are blown out of proportion nonetheless because of our current bugaboo about technology. He sites the Y2K computer bug as an example and makes a correlation between how we reacted to that situation and how the same type of reaction could be used to provide impetus to an effort to replace the aging infrastructures of our country's water supply systems.