If we were to have no modern technology, I do not think that people could function. It is like the end of nomadism and pastoralism in Mongolia, the people roamed the land for so long, taking care of their animals, that when the government forced them to stay in one spot, apart of their heritage died. Now, they would not be able to live a nomadic lifestyle. They would perish because it has been decades since they lived that way.
How weird it is to be without a phone for only a few hours, we cannot even get through a class without texting, a day without checking our email and facebook. It is a weird addiction and codependecny on technology. I remember life before the Internet, when my friends used to call me to tell me to go on AOL so we could type to each other. I was 11 when I got my brother's old cell phone, that only my mother called me on because none of my friends had cellphones yet. I remember when nobody texted, now I don't remember the last time a friend called me.

Its kind of sad and kind of amazing to see the change and to be apart of it all.