What if it all Disappeared?
By Jo Ann
@akalinus (40519)
United States
June 3, 2019 2:49pm CST
During the weekend, there was a mysterious outage that affected Google. There was trouble on Youtube and GMail. Also, a lot of smart appliances were also affected. People could not turn on their heat or AC. They could not unlock their doors or monitor their babies. Google did discover the trouble and fixed it.
What if all technology disappeared? What if there was a war in space and all satellites were disabled or destroyed? What if our government or some other government turned it all off?
That is why it is important to keep books, learn to write, learn how to do maths, and learn many of the other skills that are almost lost arts now.
What would you do if it happened, you turned on your phone or laptop and nothing was there?
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@akalinus (40519)
• United States
3 Jun 19
Yes, there was life before the internet and the cell phone. The thing I would miss the most is the ease of writing online. It is so much easier to correct and change. You don't have to be consulting ancient volumes to do research. Card catalogs used to be the way to go.
I remember the days of crumpled pages, carbon paper (how I hated it), smeary erasures and the miseries of producing manuscripts. I sold much more in those days.
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
3 Jun 19
It must have a localized problem as I didn't have any problem here. It does show that anything is possible.
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@much2say (53945)
• Los Angeles, California
3 Jun 19
I actually often wish this would happen as I hate the way this world has been going because of technology (good things, bad things, right?). It would be such a wake up call for so many. Maybe we can survive it . . . because we came from a time when we could be resourceful without it. But I don't know about the younger generations . . . they've had this practically all their lives!!
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@Karenahanane55 (80)
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4 Jun 19
What will happen ? We will stay at home and wait for technology to appear again hhh
@akalinus (40519)
• United States
5 Jun 19
@Karenahanane55 I went for years without a phone in my hand but managed to appreciate the beauty all around me.
@snowy22315 (170271)
• United States
4 Jun 19
It would be awful. No one would know what to do with themselves..businesses would crash etc.
@moffittjc (118518)
• Gainesville, Florida
9 Jun 19
The scenario you painted is a scary one, but unfortunately an all-too-real one. I think it's only a matter of time before some enemy nation or rogue terrorist group figures out how to destroy our satellites, or block our internet, or even shut down our electrical grid. When that happens, it will be like we're thrown back into the dark ages. It will be a scary time for us since we rely so heavily on technology.
@akalinus (40519)
• United States
10 Jun 19
@moffittjc I would miss a lot too. Every day when I get up, I check the news online. Every night, I play soothing music to help me sleep. I would miss technology.
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@moffittjc (118518)
• Gainesville, Florida
9 Jun 19
@akalinus There's no doubt we've become too dependent on technology. Maybe it wouldn't be an entirely bad thing if we return to those pre-technology days. Although there are a lot of wonderful things about technology that I'd miss.
@just4him (306710)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
3 Jun 19
I didn't know there was a problem this weekend. I think I would panic first and then look for the solution. It's a good thing I know all those lost arts.
@Shivram59 (31904)
• India
3 Jun 19
@akalinus And inhabitant of a small town I learned computer in 2007.Now I feel I was happier before 2007.Life was so simple then.
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@Shivram59 (31904)
• India
4 Jun 19
@akalinus Right.I miss those days.Computers were not around and we lived in a more natural way.Life we lived was real and not virtual as it is now.People were simpler,much simpler.
@akalinus (40519)
• United States
3 Jun 19
@ihasaquestion These days, my snail mail is all bills. I seldom get a real letter, but sometimes, someone surprises me.
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@ihasaquestion (8274)
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3 Jun 19
@akalinus You are absolutely right. I really miss those snail-mail pal days where people are more sincere and not too absorbed about your dress size like when they make friends through the Internet..
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