Very big crisis
Künzli had rounded up the entire executive team in the think tank. He saw nothing but pale faces and would have loved to join in the general murmuring: «Unbelievable—a worst-case scenario. How could this have happened? This can’t be real. This is the end.»
But as CEO of a medium-sized internet agency, Künzli had to show leadership in situations like this, it would have been a laugh. "So gentlemen, ladies," he said, and the room fell silent in a flash, "as we all know, the Internet went down at exactly 7.39 this morning. It's gone, disappeared, fizzled off into nirvana, I don't know. Nobody knows for sure. That's the problem. But what we need are solutions.
May I hear your suggestions?" The room remained dead silent and Künzli stared into pale faces. Then Michi, the head IT nerd, raised his hand and with a sympathetic nod, Künzli gave him the floor.
What has happened, where has the Internet gone? Does Michi have a solution that will save humanity? Do you have one?
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The story is part of a collection of 25 stories from the wonderful world of the web. In the web agency INM's book "Alles echt. 25 stories from the wonderful world of the web", Remo Peyer settles accounts with the "evil machinations of the internet mafia": Rip-offs, foaming at the mouth and finally: the web's demise.
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