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5 10 15 20 25 30 35 41 “Right,” interrupted Rollo, who was out of breath because of all the running and excitement. “All the computers in the city don’t work! There is no internet connection from anywhere, not on the cell phones, not on the computers at home or at work.” The girls took out their hi-tech cell phones and verified that they didn’t have an internet connection. “Come!” Fela incited them. “Come and see.” They left the schoolyard and went out into the street. The traffic was paralyzed. People left their offices and work places and were dazed about this unexpected vacation and the novelty in front of their eyes. The young people were talking to each other, everyone with a cell phone in hand to check the connection that wasn’t there. A ton of people were in the street with a question mark imprinted on their face. Everyone was talking to each other wondering how this was possible. “It is an attack by the Taliban,” some said. “No the anarchists did it,” others said. “It’s surely the operation of a hacker,” the know-it-alls said. It was an apocalyptic scene. They waited with all those people. They listened to the news that people reported from the TV. Nobody knew what to say had happened. The only certain thing was that there would be no internet connection in the coming hours. “Imagine what a tragedy it would be if there were no longer internet. We would have to return to studying using books when they assign us research to do at home,” Vanessa said, shuddering at the thought of so much effort in having to go to the library to search for the right books for the research that teachers in class assigned them almost once a week. “Right,” Fela said, “and we would no longer have our space to chat with our friends.” “Our space? In what sense?” Rollo asked. “Do you mean that when you are on a social network you feel as if you are in a physical space? What nonsense!” “Yes, it’s true.” Vanessa was always fascinated by the analogies that her brother knew how to make. “I think that we all agree on the fact that we use social networks as places to meet people.”