I've begun work on a paper titled "The Imaginary Lifeline Internet"
My premise is that we are piling much of our safety - health, financial, reputational, etc - onto an internet technical foundation that is not as trustworthy or reliable as we too often presume.
This is a follow on to my 2003 presentation "Barnstorming to Boeing - Turning The Internet Into A Lifeline Grade Utility" Links to my speaker's notes and slides are in the two URL's below
https://www.cavebear.com/archive/rw/Barnstorming-to-Boeing.pdf
https://www.cavebear.com/archive/rw/Barnstorming-to-Boeing-slides.pdf