It is never wise to invest too much time, energy, or faith into a single point of failure. You might have the fastest and most efficient car in the world -- but if it breaks, you have nothing. Even so, with ubiquitous, global services like the internet and the electrical grid, we are fully invested because by doing so our quality of life is massively improved. What happens, though, when the machine finally stops and we're left without these civilization-sustaining services?