Is it normal i think todays society is too dependant on technology.

Technology is cool and all but it makes people weaker, stupider, fatter, and lazier.

You realise that your beer was brewed, packaged, canned and cooled by technology. If power fell out for longer you won't laugh as much.

"I often hope for a long term global power outage just so they are forced to deal with it. Society needs to realize we are forgetting how to survive without it."

Well over 6 billion people on this planet are dependent upon technology, especially electricity. Global food production is only as high as it is now because we have massive pieces of machinery that allow us to sustain an ever greater population, as well as herbicides, pesticides, and genetically modified foods that increase output immensely. Without these things, food shortages would be quick to follow, war then would probably break out over the scarce food (assuming we can actually get to each other), and most of humanity would die.

Also, a long-term power outage isn't even really possible. A period of time where the global production of power is severely lessened is quite possible through nuclear holocaust or other global catastrophes (although power is then the least of our worries). The problem of the matter is that millions of people (I work with several) have the fundamental ideas of how electricity and power supplies work and could replicate the technological advancements that you want to try to do without. The fundamental principles behind batteries, producing electric power by means of burning fuel and other methods are really not all that complicated once you have the information.

That all said, if you want to go and try to survive in the wild for a while, by all means you are welcome to. If either of us is in a Lost type of situation, you would be more likely to survive.

"and sit on my porch playing my banjo and drinking beer"

Sir, you just won several cool-points with that remark. May I join you with my conga drum?

There are lots of things we're dependent on. There are people who are dependent on books, music, their friends, cars... etc., and almost everyone is dependent on having clothes and a place to live in. Do you also hate those people?

This is so true. However people don't like talking to me. So I come on the computer or text people on the phone. Its a type of social interaction. Since people around me just don't like hearing anything I have to say.

yes you get a room full off people they don't talk to each other they talk via text on their smart phones.

a lot of people depend on modern medicine (which exists as a result of technology) to keep themselves alive. i'm sure you hate those people too

Shouldn't you have written this in a newspaper then?