# The Internet could crash. We need a Plan B

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2013
- Speaker: Danny Hillis
- Year: 2013
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Computer science
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/danny_hillis_the_internet_could_crash_we_need_a_plan_b)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

The Internet connects billions of people and machines; it's the backbone of modern life. But tech pioneer Danny Hillis thinks the Internet just wasn't designed to grow this big -- and he fears that one big cyber-attack or glitch could shut it down and take civilization with it. To head off a digital dark age, he sounds a clarion call to develop a Plan B: a parallel system to fall back on if -- or when -- the Internet crashes.

## Lectures

1. [The Internet could crash. We need a Plan B](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/danny_hillis_the_internet_could_crash_we_need_a_plan_b/a20145d82c5a), 13 min (TED's player)