Overview

In The Future Is Analog, David Sax points out that the onset of the pandemic instantly gave us the digital universe we'd spent so long anticipating. Instant communication, online shopping, virtual everything. It didn't take long to realize how awful it was to live in this promised future. We craved real experiences, relationships, and spaces and got back to real life as quickly and often as we could. In chapters exploring work, school, religion, and more, this book asks pointed questions: Is our future inevitably digital? Can we reject the downsides of digital technology without rejecting change? Can we innovate not for the sake of productivity but for the good of our social and cultural lives? Can we build a future that serves us as humans, first and foremost? This is a manifesto for a different kind of change. We can spend our creativity and money on building new gadgets-or we can spend them on new ways to be together and experience the world, to bake bread, and climb mountains. All we need is the clarity to choose which future we want.

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Author:   David Sax
Publisher:   PublicAffairs,U.S.
Imprint:   PublicAffairs,U.S.
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 23.80cm
Weight:   0.485kg
ISBN:  

9781541701557

ISBN 10:   1541701550
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   08 December 2022
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order  
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[A]pproachable, witty... [a] deft, colorful discussion. --Kirkus

The Future Is Analog is a must-read book if you want to return to what really matters in life: authentic connections, conversations, and depth of character. My only wish is I could have submitted this quote in pencil. --Ari Wallach, author of Longpath David Sax convincingly argues that the dream of an effortless digital future is deeply flawed. If we learn anything lasting from the pandemic, it should be that a meaningful life requires messy, wonderful, analog connections with the world around us. --Cal Newport, New York Times-bestselling author of Digital Minimalism and Deep Work Please read this book (the paper version if possible) and discuss it with friends and colleagues (in person over a coffee if possible). --A.J. Jacobs, bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically and The Puzzler Sax brilliantly investigated how we saw the future living online during the pandemic and were reminded of the ineffable beauty and humanity of being present without screens. The Future Is Analog is the perfect guide to help us stay focused on what matters in the blinding light of a technology-filled world. --Tiffany Shlain, Emmy-nominated filmmaker, founder the Webby Awards, and author of national bestseller 24/6 There is magic in live. There is magic in real. There is magic in analog. This book is a loud and much-needed back crack for our twisted techno-obsessed society. --Neil Pasricha, #1 bestselling author of author of The Happiness Equation and The Book of Awesome [A]pproachable, witty... [a] deft, colorful discussion. --Kirkus

Author Information

David Sax is a writer, reporter, and speaker who specializes in business and culture. His book The Revenge of Analog was a #1 Washington Post bestseller, was selected as one of Michiko Kakutani's Top Ten books of 2016 for the New York Times, and has been translated into six languages. He is also the author of three other books: Save the Deli, which won a James Beard award, The Soul of an Entrepreneur, and The Tastemakers. He lives in Toronto.

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