No Internet

You could argue this kind of digital detox would be beneficial. We'd take our eyes off our screens then strike up real-life conversations with each other. We've discovered that our smartphones can actually make phone calls. We bring back fax machines and start making notes by hand. Well, maybe not fax machines and hey, we'd still have TV to entertain us the world would not fall apart. In fact, with almost 4 billion people having no access to the Internet worldwide, half of humanity wouldn't notice a difference in the short term. But not you, mighty internet user. You would notice right away. If the internet suddenly flatlined, social media users would start calling each other on the phone overloading the working telecommunication systems, unless cell phone towers and telephone lines were also shut down. Then you'd go back to writing letters and sending them via post. Forget about Wireless file transfers with no Wi-Fi. You'd have to use a physical cable to connect to computers or a CD. Remember this? Now think about the economy with financial data generally stored on a server banking services largely depend on the Internet. Each transfers would be impossible. Your credit card and debit card would become a useless piece of plastic.