A Carrington Event or even bigger, like the one mentioned in 775 AD, would definitely put us all back to 1800 or so.
No computers, except the ones protected well underground and shielded, no satellites, no internet, no electrical power grid..............................
Yes. I have thought a great deal about this.
We are in not necessarily in danger of losing all the knowledge humans have accumulated during our time on this planet because, unless all libraries get burned to the ground when it happens to an unprepared world that goes into an orgy of violence when EVERYTHING we depend on in our daily lives is taken away in one fell swoop, we will still have some way, somehow to access that knowledge.
What we are in danger of is destroying ourselves in that orgy of violence, crime, starvation, deprivation, and nearly 100% guaranteed, war.
And burning down our depositories of knowledge in the process.
Thing is-most people-even highly educated people-absolutely do not realize the razor’s edge we live on, being so dependent on electricity for EVERYTHING.
Everything. No running water. No food. No transportation. No communication. Nothing is exempt.
If we had a Carrington Event today...I don’t want to see it. We are so mentally unprepared for that.