If you think this recession has been bad, wait until the collapse of the internet. Really, how long do we think the speed of life can continue to increase? How much more precarious has the economy become since it transferred to reliance on delicate wires connecting servers? I am writing this now so that when it happens I can say I saw it coming.
The Bible foretells the destruction of Babylon in the end times. Could it be Babylon is the internet, the new virtual global city?
What would it take to bring it down? A lot actually. It's pretty robust. But a depression would do it. If suddenly Cisco and other companies couldn't maintain it, then what? What if technology could not keep up with ever-increasing worldwide demand? Example: the i-phone uses 10x the capacity of other browsing phones, and AT&T is choking, and iphone users are getting mad.
People are moving toward constant color-graphic connectivity. At some point, technology simply will top out when billions of people streaming video, GPS, playing online games, skypeing etc. The scale gets unsustainable.
Unless terrorists find a way to destroy multiple routing hubs nationwide, the internet wont die in a day. More likely, our children will live in a world where either 1) internet is like riding a subway (wait to get on, pay for a ticket etc.) or 2) private internets, co-ops, spring up for groups of people to exchange info, and sending data across the country will be like sending a package by UPS - it will be scheduled for overnight delivery.
Teenagers and college students will suffer the most when it goes. And they will shout the loudest, "Alas, the great city, Babylon, the mighty city! For in one hour your judgment has come!"
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