(CNN) Two decades ago an existential threat brought the world together— the Y2K bug. In the late 1990s, computers were rapidly transforming how the world worked, but an invisible enemy loomed. A computer glitch in the rollover from 1999 to 2000 threatened to bring down civilization as we knew it. Crisis was averted due to the unprecedented international effort of governments and private sector leaders across the globe. Can the lessons learned during Y2K help us solve the crises of today?

Source: CNN December 16, 2020 23:48 UTC