![]() ![]() ![]() Steve's story began a little over a year ago. In the interest of protecting their identities, those are not their real names, but still they've chosen to go on record and give us a small peek into their daily lives. In fact, it was only through a few chance encounters that I was able to track down and speak to "Steve" and "Dorothy," two people who live a life outside of modern technology for reasons other than religious dogma. How does a journalist get in touch with people who, for political, economic or mental-health reasons, choose to live off the grid? The short answer to that is simple: You don't. Welcome to what it's like living life off the grid. Sound like fun? Maybe not, but that's what life is like for some people after they've willfully crossed over into the digital darkness. If things are pretty tight, and oftentimes they are, then you might even have to rely on your fallback for food-gathering: the five-finger discount. Then it's off for a morning routine that involves foraging for food from the land or dumpster diving for edible scraps. After all, you are lying in a sleeping bag under the open sky grateful that you haven't: a) been stabbed by a grifter, b) been trampled by a herd of animals or c) contracted hypothermia and frozen to death. ![]()
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