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Well, no, but just try organizing anything involving other people without the Internet. I don't have WhatsApp and that's enough to throw a wrench in my plans. I regularly go someplace and no one else is there, and everyone else knew that it was canceled because it was posted in the chat. Even Mass times are posted online, now. Want to know which tournament is coming up, and whether you are on the roster? Has choir practice been moved to Thursday? Reserving a table at a restaurant or a room at a hotel? When does the park open and do you have a map for the hike? It's a snowday and classes are Teams? You'd have to basically withdraw from society, to be completely offline. I think they consider "don't use Facebook" to be "offline".

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I just think it's a moot point because the actual issue isn't whether people can be offline or not. It's whether they will have leisure time and how much leisure time they'll have. Yes, fiat debasement necessarily robs people of time if their time is valued and/or saved in fiat. But if you have any leisure time, you can spend at least some portion of it offline if you really want to. You might miss a tournament or whatever. But you chose, and that's what really matters. If you have no leisure time, I don't see why it matters. You don't have a choice anyway.
This. This is what I mean. I mean it's going to a symbol of "the rich" if you are able to participate in society without being online. I'm not only talking about "free time" spent online. Jobs that require your time on a screen, also often require excess amounts of tracking and personal information. Just because your using a tool to do a job, or watching videos for leisure, doesn't mean it's not affecting you. It's a social thing. I already get attitude from family/friends that I can't do things like - watch a youtube video - listen to spotify - scan a QR code - hell, even web search a thing People get really upset when you're different. It doesn't help that I have an defiant attitude toward it, but I try not to project it, in person.