I had concluded that Y2K would ultimately generate far more human suffering and social disruption than the Balkan war. Given the little time we have to prepare for Y2K -- and the fact that so many other people are attending to the war -- I believed that those few of us working on Y2K should keep our focus there.

The material [ at the other end of this link ] makes me doubt that judgment. It describes the nuclear threat associated with the Balkans. Although I am still planning to keep my focus on Y2K (and the transformational issues associated with it), I am less sure that Y2K will cause more disruption than the Balkan war. I pass this material on so that each of you can make your own judgment. These are indeed difficult times.

Tom Altee

-- Carol Moore (CarolMoore@kreative.net), May 23, 1999