Lack of Internet

What would happen to the world if all of a sudden the Internet was gone? Ofc this question is very frightening but pretty much an impossibility. However it does bring up another question. What has the internet done to society? I am working on my senior project with the topic revolving around these sorts of questions. Society as a whole as well as individuals have relied so much on the internet to do the tiniest of things in our lives. We've grown dependent. Have you tried to imagine a life only 30-40 years ago? How did people back then do anything? It's hard to imagine isn't it. Our dependence for the internet is worrying. It brings about so many different and new problems to the table. Security vs privacy, internet addiction, and so on. This is why for my hands on I tried to pass a few days Internet free. The rules were to not have any internet for the entire duration as well as no texting, however calling was ok. During the time I thought that I could handle a few days easy. However right on the first day I felt handicapped. I didn't know what to do. I didn't know how to do my homework. I didn't know how learn a recipe if I wanted too. I didn't know what was going on with my friends and outside my front door. And worse of all I was bored to hell. My entertainment was gone. I had to call my friends to see if they were available and it was hard to coordinate just to go out with all of them as you can't have a group chat. At nights I was just so bored with myself. However after the first 2-3 days I started to realize that it wasn't so bad. I still had TV to watch the news or newspapers to catch up on worldly events. I could go for a walk outside or go to the pool or go with my friends as it was much easier to call them now that I got back to the hang of it. At nights I'd spend time with my family and at dinner. I felt alot less discomfort and anxiety always having to be in front of a screen to see the new trend or the new anything. Life just seemed alot simpler and easier as well as less stressful. However of course I couldn't keep this up forever and eventually had to use the internet again afterwards since its such an important aspect of our lives