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This could be an interesting case study of what happens when people are suddenly taken away of the internet (at least wireless). I don't think any technology in
by agomez314 6y ago
This could be an interesting case study of what happens when people are suddenly taken away of the internet (at least wireless). I don't think any technology in history has been adopted so quickly and changed so profoundly the way individuals and societies behave. I think it could be a hundred years until we can fully see the consequences of what widely-available, fast-speed internet has.
- sa1 6y agoInternet shutdowns are regular in India.
- notsureaboutpg 6y agoIndian government shutdown internet in Kashmir for like a year (more or less, happened a lot beforehand but for less duration). That would be a good case study as well but internet shutdowns tend to go hand in hand with lots of violence and other kinds of crimes against humanity so the effect of loss of internet probably isn't studied as much
- waiseristy 6y agoThis happens quite a lot. Turkey did it back in 2016, some of the Arab states did it back during the Arab Spring. Usually some sort of bootleg networks pop up around the countries borders/ edge nodes.