I mean, if you really want it today, there are places in the world you could go to that have little to no internet access.

Where people still communicate mostly in-person.

(I'm only half joking haha).

> Does Facebook really make anyone's life better?

I can only answer for myself. It made my life better:

1. At the start of my career, I got connections, jobs, etc from local groups. 2. I connected with old school mates I wouldn't have found other wise. 3. ...

My assumption is when people are not addicted or living/following fake lives on social media, there is a lot of benefits to it.

You could move somewhere like Pitcairn Island, it’s actively looking for immigrants or at least it was last time I checked. There’s other isolated island communities out there which are a bit less extreme too with limited access to the internet. Saint Helena would be an example, although I’m not sure what the immigration requirements are.

You could also get into sailing, specifically offshore cruising. Until Starlink becomes available for mobile installations your options are either ruinously expensive and slow satellite internet or if you’re a radio amateur shortwave services for email and SSB voice.

I wish I was born at a time so that I'd be able to experience the early internet. And then die of natural causes, so that I didn't have to live through the hell that is the internet today.

(A bit dramatic - it's meant to be satiric).