Book Review: The Future is Analog - David Sax

Years ago I read The Revenge of Analog which was ahead of it's time. It showed the resurgence in analog consumption of content, from vinyl to books, Sax took readers through why these analog mediums connect with us in a way that digital never can. I had hoped that this book would be a good continuation of the previous book, but it's not really that despite the theme being similar. In this book Sax walks us through seven different things that were supposed to be disrupted by the all digital future via the lens of the COVID pandemic. This pandemic brought us the digital future that many had dreamed of immediately as many around the world weren't allowed out of their houses for months at a time. We all had to resort to digital schooling, digital friendships, and digital work. For some it went well but for most the experience was highly undesirable. Sax falls into the undesirable camp, even with the advantage of being able to retreat to a family member's lake house in Ontario. Yes he had…