I wonder what other technology is so important in our daily lives, that if taken away, our lives would change drastically. Is the internet the most important communication and innovation for human beings - throughout all of humanity? What other technology can you think of that would cause such havoc if it were to suddenly stop working? Keeping it to from generic technology (such as electricity), can you think of a device or invention that is more important to our daily lives than the internet?
I know I can! But you go first.
What would happen to the world if the internet just stopped working?
Instant communication would be back in the exclusive hands of the telephone and short wave radio, whatever we had in the 60's.
Another technology that the world depends on is anything that uses oil: transportation would crawl, planes wouldn't fly, there would be nothing new made from plastic and other oil-based materials, etc. The world economies would almost all collapse for many years. I'd say that's more a basic need than the internet, so it would be more devastating to lose.
What would happen to the world if the internet just stopped working?
all hell would break loose
we'd have to go back to talking to people. face to face. ! ! ! ! ! finding out information w/o the help of google, yahoo, and wikipedia. complete chaos.
Chaos and the breakdown of society.
Havoc would ensue with the inability to flush the toilets.
the world would have a major setback. eventually there would be a more localized network set up to distribute information but without the internal combustion engine we would be in bigger trouble.
i tend to go camping alot and i do enjoy to fish i never bring a phone nor a computer when i go, i'm sorry to tell you the internet can't be turned off, shut down or closed because every computer, machine that connect to the internet supports the internet the internet is server to computer interfaced, but it was a good question and was kind of entertaining. my invention is sweet yet elegent i would have to say a fishing pole.
Disaster. So much of our business and our communications moves over the internet that the world economy would grind to a near halt.
But I don't think that it is the most important innovation. As great as it is, I think that the printing press, telephone, scientific method, steam power, steel electricity and cultivation (just to name a few) are more important. Even the internet is dependent on the computer.
And let's not forget beer.
What鈥檚 going to happen if your refrigerator, stove, and water heater stop working? That would be a disaster far greater than going Internet-less...
