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You would have liked the 60s. As for those low-tech communities, they're out there. You can probably find them by starting on the internet.

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What communities do you mean by "low-tech"? I said that I don't want to go as far as the Amish.

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Has anyone considered a community that is able to break away from the internet and do things in a relatively low-tech way?

What did YOU mean by "low-tech"? And why are you bringing up the Amish?

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I mean at a tech-level roughly like the 70s and 80s before the internet (or more accurately, the "web") became mainstream.

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We didn't have computers as we think of them now until mid to late 80s. Late 90s is when the 'WWW' really started becoming a thing. "Cool site of the day" was probably relevant until close to the year 2000.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/unabomber/manifesto.text.htm

The author, known colloquially as Uncle Ted, has had some thoughts on this topic.