How fragile is the internet? Could it ever dissappear?
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Well, it’s difficult to say. When you start doing networking stuff you’re actually amazed that any of it works at all. That said, a lot of work by a lot of people goes into maintaining it. So a population crash could mess it up. Wars are another possibility. A massive amount of traffic is transported by undersea cables which can be cut which would put countries or continents out of commission. But just going along as we are now? It’s pretty resilient, really. There’s a lot of money and resources dedicated to it and income streams relying on it.
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