In March 2024, several of West Africa’s subsea cables were knocked offline by an underwater rockslide. According to the Internet Society, 13 African nations experienced connectivity issues, ranging from degraded services to near-total internet outages. The cable damage demonstrated how reliant we’ve become on digital connectivity. Countries that lost internet access experienced disruption across nearly every aspect of society, from financial services to telecommunications. It was a stark reminder that the internet is made up of real physical infrastructure, and that when something happens to that infrastructure, the internet may not work as intended. This idea is similar to one that…

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