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Sometimes it's about "ADULTING" enough for the day, and other times it's about Keeping a job, Feeding the family, Educating the kids, and Buying the stuff.
Most of us were taught how to read, write, and math good.
But never taught how to file taxes, change a tire, or cook a meal.
How in the world have we survived?
Well, have no fear, the Idiots are here to guide you.
We don't know much more about all the stuff but we might be just a little further down the road than you.
Make no mistake, most of our advice is more like don't try this at home.
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What if... THE WORST Happened? Going Dark! Ep77 TIG
Have you ever pondered what life would be like without technology? In our latest episode, we dive into a harrowing exploration of existence without the conveniences we've grown accustomed to. Imagine waking up one morning and finding that all your devices are dead, and the very fabric of modern society is unraveling. What happens to communication, emergency services, and daily life when the tech that holds everything together suddenly vanishes?
We begin by unpacking the significance of key technologies — from telecommunications to electricity — and reflect on how intertwined they are with our existence. The conversation captures the rising tension as society grapples with the psychological and physical challenges posed by this unthinkable scenario. As we contemplate the loss of instant access to information and services, we discuss the profound implications on our personal and collective lives.
Further, we consider how historical survival methods might resurface, leading to a fascinating yet intimidating pivot from a digital age back to a primitive state. With no ability to connect online, we joke about the revival of old-fashioned communication, drawing humor from the absurdity of using methods like the Pony Express. However, beneath the levity lies a sobering realization; the world, as we know it, could drastically shift, compelling us to examine our lives and relationships with technology closely.
Through personal reflections and engaging discussions, listeners are encouraged to think critically about their reliance on technology, prompting important questions about preparedness and adaptability in uncertain circumstances. Join us on this thought-provoking journey and discover practical insights into navigating a rapidly changing world. Stay tuned until the end for crucial takeaways and reminders about embracing a more mindful approach to our technological dependencies. Don’t forget to share this episode with your friends and family, and leave a review to help others discover The Idiots Guide.
Today on the Idiot's Guide, we are talking about how, over the past few episodes, we've explored some of the greatest technological sparks of innovation in history Telecommunications, electricity, computers, batteries and more. Today we're rehashing some of the big concepts about how dependent we've become on the technology that surrounds everything in our lives. So, from coffee makers and diamond batteries to I guess diamond batteries aren't everywhere in our lives, but space exploration is, and you know, the supercomputer race of for who's fastest making the more super computer, anyway, like that, just some of that chaos. But let's talk about where all these tech advances might take us and maybe we'll try to guess on some of the things yet to come in those tech advances. So plug on in and hold on for another supercharged episode.
Speaker 1:I'm your host, adam Richardson, aka the Profit Hacker, and I'm joined by the man in charge, mr Joe Haslam. Welcome to the Profit Hacker. Okay, all right, is this on? Okay, I think All right, we got a red light. We this on? Okay, I think, all right, we got a red light. We got it. Yeah, yeah, all right, yeah, so Okay, oh, man, crazy, Just hey, guys, if you can hear us, something happened, I mean the world has changed Everything. Everything we talked about telecommunications, electricity, computers, the Internet. It's gone.
Speaker 2:We're still figuring everything out, but everything is just dead.
Speaker 1:I mean no news. I don't even know what's in my bank.
Speaker 2:Yeah, like we can't even use money. It's true, cold hard currency. Right now I can sell my dog.
Speaker 1:You know, there's no way to stream anything, so I can't catch up on my latest shows. I'm so frustrated about that. I was getting to the big parts of my favorite episodes. So, I mean, we're literally sitting here and we're cranking flashlight. You know, hand crank flashlights just to get a light, light enough to be able to see on this rickety camera that we found. We're using notebooks and I mean just trying to piece together.
Speaker 2:However, we we got here, all technology is gone. That's the world we're in right now. We've got no phones, no telecommunications at all. Yeah, so there's no phones, no internet, no satellites. I mean, they may still be out there, I have no idea, but no one can access them.
Speaker 1:I'm worried about, you know. I mean, if somebody has an emergency, like there's no way to get a hold of anybody, there's nothing to do, there's no way emergency services do anything.
Speaker 2:I mean, we've been trying to figure out for days what's going on, but without any phones, without any internet, we have no way to communicate, no way to get news updates, no way to get anything.
Speaker 1:Is this global? Is this something that you know is happening everywhere? Because if it is, I'm worried about you. Know other I mean God forbid other countries that have a problem with us, other other I mean god forbid other countries that have a problem with us, like you know. What are they? What are they? Are they going to seize an opportunity to do something about this, like this?
Speaker 2:is scary. We have no way to call 9-1-1. Yeah, we, there are no emergency services, there's just nothing yeah, I mean think about this.
Speaker 1:I sent a message to my wife and I don't know if she got it. It's dead, just like ours is. So I'm grateful that at least they hey, this is a moment where you go and you Hang out with your loved ones and spend that time and just hold them close, because this is really scary stuff.
Speaker 2:Cars are stopping to work. Whatever gas you had in your car, that was it. Gas pumps don't work anymore. Travel is out. Fortunately, we live in an area where there are, you know, horses. So I mean some rudimentary mail has come about. Oh, resurgence of the Pony Express. But I mean, we're just, we're still just nothing.
Speaker 1:We're piecing it all together and it's scary, you know. I mean, imagine like there's no batteries. Batteries are dead. I don't know how they're dead, but you know it's really difficult. We managed to find a very old camera to do this and to get it. It had a little bit of juice in it. I hope it lasts. I really do. I mean, we're using cranks. No portable power. Yeah, we're using crank flashlights. No electricity means, you know, hospitals, factories, I mean homes, everything goes dark.
Speaker 2:It's the middle of winter so people are freezing. Yeah, I mean you can see the state of our office. People have broken in here trying to get anything that they can.
Speaker 1:It's just Looking for candles, something to burn, so you have a fire going. I mean, the only thing you have is the heat of the day, If the sun's out and where we live, that's hit and miss whether that's valuable. Yeah, and you know pretty much everything we leaned on had. I mean we needed a power outlet for. So I don't, I really don't know what it's going to look like going forward.
Speaker 2:I mean you should smell the world showers are not working. We're. I mean, it's the the most basic things that all of us got used to are just done. There are no pumps to run the water there's yeah, I didn't.
Speaker 1:I didn't think that that was the issue. I mean, like when the it's funny because when the power goes out the faucet still runs. But you know, then everybody's like I got to hurry and do that, but if the power is gone, that means the faucets don't have anything putting pressure behind them, so the water runs out.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and it's run out.
Speaker 1:That's. I mean it's. You know, I got solar on my house and it doesn't matter, you know, at this point it doesn't do anything for me. So I'm glad I have a couple candles that I bought from the grocery store, because that's all I got at this point. You know, hopefully I can keep my family warm, you know. But even that, like, how do we feed each other? How do we take care of things? Medical emergencies, how do we? You know, everything has just gone dark and I'm really, really worried about what this does to to everybody around. I mean, it's only been a few days and, and we're already seeing everybody's concerned. Nobody knows what to do in any direction. What's up or down. Oh yeah, and I mean just a few years ago at least we had some visibility as to why we had to lock down. This one is we should lock down to protect our own, because we don't know who to trust at this point.
Speaker 2:I mean it's there's no, there's no banking, yeah, there's no buying anything. We're back to a barter system. We're bartering everything. I mean it just it's.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I mean think about, like, how computer driven everything is and you know everything that the the computer industry, medication dosage for people, monitoring systems for for stuff in the medical industry, med, banking, security systems, like watching different, really precious important information that we're keeping an eye on, whether it's cameras, all that kind of stuff just gone. Computer-powered automation, it's gone. The things that are being generated now it's at a screeching halt. You know, sure, manual labor returns, but to what you know. You use a hand saw to build something out of wood. Maybe that I cut down a tree and saw. All of that requires electricity at some point in our modern day.
Speaker 2:We don't have electric stoves to cook. You know we're relying on cooking everything on fires. Yeah.
Speaker 1:It's. You know, the world slows down. I mean, I could already feel it. I don't know how much worse this is going to get. But no instant access to information anymore, no digital transactions, no automation.
Speaker 2:I mean, I'm used to getting up every morning checking the news, looking at the weather, seeing what my day is going to be, checking my calendar. None of that, yeah. I want to know what the weather is going to be right now? I can look out the window, yeah. If I want to know what the weather is going to be tonight, wait, nothing, yeah, I mean, there's no information going on right now. And you're an accountant, you want to do math.
Speaker 1:I hope you know, I hope you know long division, because that's where you're at, you know, yeah, I, you know, I, just it is. It is overwhelming to think how I don't even know how we got here. So I was like, oh no, oh okay, so the lights blink in, so blink in, so I don't know how much more time we have. Hey, guys, we don't have much more time. So we thought that the what-if questions were just what-if questions. They were just kind of hypotheticals. But now we're living it no power, no technology, no answers. The world as we knew it is gone. So the real question is, honestly, all of us, are we going to survive this? So I want to say, hey, stay with us. If we can, as soon as we can, we're going to be back. We're going to be back with part two.
Speaker 2:Guys, guys, we're gonna be back we're, we're gonna be back with part two, guys. Guys, we're running out of battery. Just if you can hear me, remember, check your.