Don Genaro said:rs said:I found it hard to accept the possibility that "the internet won't be around much longer"; it has quite simply become much too important to our modern life. If the internet were to shut down, the world-wide economy would come to an instantaneous halt. Needless to say, this would be bad for business... They simply wouldn't stand for that.
How I have to interpret this is that the internet will not be around much longer as the "free exchange of ideas" medium it is today, and censorship will be widely implemented and enforced. It will probably occur as part of the "we are protecting you from terrorists" meme.
But unless you are referring to a world-wide literal return to the stone age, the idea that the internet will simply cease to function is not credible.
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I think that's what the C's implied when they spoke about the 'cleansing,' which would bring down the grid and internet along with it.
I agree, Don Genaro. And rs, I think you make good observations but it is the seriousness of the possibility of the grid going down that many or most are not even considering. The tendency to have normalcy bias is running rampant these days.