Ed Helms

It would set us back to roughly, what, like 1850?

Yeah, I actually would think earlier because we don't have any of the skills yet.

that folks had, broadly speaking.

That's a great point.

We have to relearn all of our- You'd be going back pre-agricultural revolution.

I think you'd be going basically back to hunter-gatherer in a lot of senses.

It's funny how you realize how surface your knowledge really is.

I could tell you that I vaguely understand solar flares.

If anything goes wrong with any piece of equipment in my life, I could not diagnose it.

Right.

Of course, to take it to the geek squad.

And they only know how to, you know, do X, Y or Z things.

And it's we've that's been the benefit of specialization.

Right.

Is that you can make advancements on these specific tech trees, but you're very vulnerable if it's disrupted.

Yeah.

Yeah, exactly.

This is why EMPs are also a big deal in the survivalist community.

Yeah, that makes sense.

Yeah, there's a lot of obsession about, as you mentioned, Faraday cage protection, having vehicles that use no electronics.