Digital Culture
The Analog Resistance in a Cloud-First World
Why younger generations are turning back to tactile hardware to find focus in a sea of notifications.
The fastest-growing communities online right now are about being offline. Typewriters. Paper planners. Cameras you have to wind.
Call it nostalgia if you want. The people buying these objects are mostly in their twenties.
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Maya Chen
Maya reports on the intersection of policy, identity and the internet, with a focus on the Pacific.
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