How fragile is the internet? Could it ever dissappear?

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How fragile is the internet? Could it ever dissappear?

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The whole point of the internet is redundancy. Darpa developed packet-switched networks specifically so communications between cities could be maintained in the event of nuclear war.

It does require a lot of maintenance to keep the hardware running smoothly, but the only way it’s going to disappear is if there’s a global catastrophe that kills most people.

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