Alternatively, what would happen if the loss of magnetism instead happened gradually over a period of time?

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    22 hours ago

    Rather than listing all of the ways modern life and society would collapse it’d be easier to just say this:

    Your ability to understand the world would in an instant be limited to the people that immediately surround you and you’d better quickly think of a way to find a clean water source, some land, grab an “Agriculture for Dummies” book, and some form of weapon to defend your new homestead with your new tribe.

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        15 hours ago

        Well is this about permanent magnets loosing their functionality or the whole concept of magnetism just vanishing?

        One puts us back to a steampunk technological ceiling the other means the universe pops out of existence; electricity, magnetism, and light are closely linked so removing one is likely to just break reality.