Loki Laufeyson Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 The Hallmark Channel in general can go boil in Surt's Volcano. That shit is just...NO!!! What mook thinks that people will enjoy that glurgy slop? Lifetime Network can die in the fires of Muspelheim as well. i like the news. Especially NBC Nightly News. Brian Williams is so dreamy. (and snarky as hell lately!) I like it when he wears the bold colored ties... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Reality shows, crappy dramas, boring comedies, shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interest Posted November 22, 2013 Author Share Posted November 22, 2013 (edited) New question! This one's inspired by a question from a book I've read.through a few times. Pretty sure I haven't asked this particular one so here it is: How well do you think humanity as a whole could survive without technology? I'm mostly referring to modern technology, such as devices run by electricity. You can let your imagination roam if you want, or you can read "The Law of Nines" to get a good idea of the scope and context of the question (I really don't care if you do ;P). Assume its not possible to innovate the technologies again in any short period of time (i.e. Earth gets hit by a global EMP). Personally, I'd say quite a lot of us would die. Maybe not initially, since people would probably end up raiding stores for food, but then we'd eventually have to revert to a hunter-gatherer mentality since food isn't going to come as easily. In addition, people would have to use much more primitive technology such as fires and improvise with the now useless technology, which is now essentially scrap. It would be rough, but humanity as a whole would persevere. Edited November 22, 2013 by Interest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 The humanity would survive, perharps like people did in the 18th century, maybe a little better. I'd be dead in 3 days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 we'd be fine after a rough patch, after which point we'd start inventing technology again through different methods because fuck yeah humanity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizenberg Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 not well. technology has pussified us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comet Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 We'd be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayward Winds Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 As the (paraphrased) saying goes: We used to be taught how to survive. Now we're taught to press buttons. Some of humanity (the Sami, Aborignal people, and others who stick fairly close to their heritage) will probably handle technology's disappearence as a hiccup at most. The rest of us? Yep, we'd be in trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excellen Browning Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 The boring thing about every answer to this question so far is that, for some reason that is beyond me, they think building a hut from wood, straw and other things, stone-tipped wooden spears and some of those instruments used to make fire are not technology. I think humanity would be in big trouble if it lost all technological ability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Espinosa Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 I think the case is that we have an innate capacity to create facilities by coming up with technologies? So this is like asking what it would be like to be deaf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayward Winds Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 The boring thing about every answer to this question so far is that, for some reason that is beyond me, they think building a hut from wood, straw and other things, stone-tipped wooden spears and some of those instruments used to make fire are not technology. Nitpicking, but... ...I'm mostly referring to modern technology, such as devices run by electricity. You can let your imagination roam if you want, or you can read "The Law of Nines" to get a good idea of the scope and context of the question (I really don't care if you do ;P). Assume its not possible to innovate the technologies again in any short period of time (i.e. Earth gets hit by a global EMP)....this little statement was included in the question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuffPuff Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 (edited) I don't know. But after experincing it in this era that we are in would be bad. It wouldn't back then, because they didn't exist. Especially having no games, or...computers would be painful. So my opinion...bad. Edited November 22, 2013 by Dark_Huntress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 The economy would go to shit, a lot of info and stuff'd be lost, and world wide panic, but I doubt there would be people dying out on the streets. Some people will starve, perhaps a lot, but humans will adapt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acacia Sgt Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 I'd say it depends on how we loose the technology. If it's by world-wide EMP or Carrington Event, then all the Nuclear Plants in the world are on a deadline of going Fukushima on us so... I don't see us surviving THAT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau of Isaac Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Of course humanity would survive. We evolved to survive. As for how many of us would survive without the benefits of modern technology, not many. Millions would die without modern inventions and agricultural techniques. It would not be pretty. But humanity as a whole? Yes, we're not going anywhere barring a cataclysmic event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freohr Datia Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 What is your favorite taste? By this I mean what particular palate do you like? Do you favor sweet foods or spicy (blah blah blah etc)? Perhaps you like a unique sort of taste that can only be accomplished by a few dishes. This doesn't need to pertain to your favorite food or anything, though that might be a good place to start. I prefer sweetness, as long as the sweetness isn't too strong~ I can't have too much of it!! Do you use social networking sites? Why or why not? Uhh... How about SF? I have a Facebook account, a Google+ account (youtube~), and a Twitter account. I used to use Twitter a lot but not anymore (but I do find it useful to keep up with band or tv pplz~). I was never that much into facebook since I usually had nothing to do! =3 And I haven't really made any use out of Google+ at all. What is/are your favorite television show(s)? I haven't watched tv in a whiiiiiiiile but I do know I like House. What kind of television shows do you dislike? I'm not a fan of reality shows. How well do you think humanity as a whole could survive without technology? I think maybe it'd affect our lifespan perhaps... And some people would have trouble with this I'd think... but I don't think it'd wipe us out. We don't have these brains for nothing. People will start adapting as they usually do. I think the population might decrease a lot though... I feel as if our technology was what allowed the human population to grow so much, like from the huge farms and whatnot (I'm not a farmer but I'd assume this affects aaaaall that farming a lot). It sounds kinda sad now that I think about how little food there would be, making so many people starve... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmare Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 I don't concern myself with stupid things like this, but it definitely will survive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maji Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 (edited) Related: some days I sincerely wish I was a monkey, then I could just play in trees all day and not go to work or school or care about material things such as money as much as I do. There'd be a lot of bitching, but no doubt people could survive, ironically, it would be the knowledge of history, obtained by technology that would save a lot of people. Edited November 22, 2013 by Maji Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renne Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 As a whole, I believe humanity will be able to survive. There may be riots and anger and crap like that, but I think we can really survive. There are small communities (Amish?) who can survive without modern technology. Our lives have just been made convenient with modern technology but if it was taken away from us, we can still manage. Things will take a little longer but ... yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruity Insanity Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Of course humanity would survive. We evolved to survive. As for how many of us would survive without the benefits of modern technology, not many. Millions would die without modern inventions and agricultural techniques. It would not be pretty. But humanity as a whole? Yes, we're not going anywhere barring a cataclysmic event. Ants!!! ALL OF US!!! ANTS!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aleph Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Even people who are relatively smart regarding natural survival would be rather screwed in an urban environment where technology is relied upon to move resources out of the wild into our range of use. I imagine people dispersing from cities to seek woodlands and water sources would interfere with each other in their exasperation and my ultimate point is that, ironically, the people least reliant on technology, who are also the most impoverished and of low quality of life, would be the ones who survive best in such a scenario. I'm all for satirizing civilization but that sounds terrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Banzai Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 fun fact we know how well humanity could survive without technology the population would probably die off massively because most agriculture is handled by machine, and the few million or so who survive worldwide would probably renege back to premodern life expectancy and standard of living, which were both rather shitty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interest Posted November 22, 2013 Author Share Posted November 22, 2013 Browsed around a bit. Here's the discussion from the book that I was talking about. Take it however you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Alear Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 We'd all die. All of us. In the long run we are all dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaMonkey Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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