Scarecrow,
A very nice piece targeted at defusing the Y2k worst-case fears, though the nutty, collectivist, world-government assertions regarding Dr. Yardeni are completely over the top. I surmise if one can't logically refute the arguments, motives, or credentials of the opposition, one might as well veer off on a tangent acceptable to your core readership, painting your opponent via conspiratorial speculations.
The author covered all the bases -- in his fashion. The main critique is that, though appearing to be balanced in presenting both the very positive and equally very negative predictions by means of various existing print articles and statements from the competing Y2k camps, he assumes the optimists are all correct, while the pessimists (realists?) are anything but.
Had this man ever attempted managing a software project to an immutable deadline, he would be very much less likely to discount the potential outcomes. |
