Before the Internet: How We Lived Free and Untracked | Elder Mode
This delightful video is a traveling back in time to the wild, traceless freedom of pre-internet existence—where secrets remained secret, adventures did not leave behind a digital footprint, and reinvention was as simple as crossing a state line. Through vivid anecdotes from the 60s, 70s, and 80s, you'll learn how everyday people did extraordinary things—phony IDs that deceived the DMV, mixtapes that took days to make, underground information networks that quietly changed lives, and a sealed envelope culture that decades later prompted mass healing on Facebook. It's a compelling glimpse of a phoneless, GPS-less, social media-less world where privacy was the norm, intrigue was assumed, and the past really could remain in the past. And just when you think you've heard it all, a final unexplained mystery promises a twist linking a small-town tradition to a still-unraveling national enigma today.