wcgator - your comment made me think. canute24 - you gave me a point. accidents -disasters naturally happen and as fact- the recent Tsunami in the east lately. but the saying goes that "life - must go on" + "a good ending in a movie - means that all is well".
as life goes on for the victims of the late Tsunami - their life now evolves of building their homes and their defence system -stronger and better. if the internet will fall - milions of people - will find another means of global communications. rest assured - Bill gates is not giving up - on his "domain"yet.
keeping busy in rebuilding for your future - will do good.
if the phones fall down? - sure , there was a time - 140 years ago - without them. so - somebody invented and others -developed it. if no phones functioning - someone will invent a "gadjet" for communication/learning/teaching by remote-controll.
if both communications fail at same time, what then?
Murphy's law sais:"if something can get wrong - it will(get wrong).
in hebrew, we Jews - have a rabi, a Hassidic rabi - Nachman me-Uman sais:"those who believe he(the Lord above)can make something wrong -should believe he(same)can mend it.
I believe that the Lord is not yet bored with whatever people do or fail to do - fact is he's creating millions of people more eachgeneration.
the nature of holding on to your hopeful side - is part of the nature of the lor(something rom me to you).