Social Media’s Not-So-Bad Idea: Analog Summer
A growing trend among Gen Z is the return to analog activities, such as knitting and painting, as a break from the digital world. This movement, dubbed 'analog summer,' highlights a desire to engage in physical crafts rather than endless scrolling on social media. However, the irony lies in the fact that even this trend is often shared and promoted through digital platforms.
- ▪Video rental shops are experiencing a resurgence as young people prefer physical media over streaming services.
- ▪Activities like knitting, painting, and doing puzzles are becoming popular again among the younger generation.
- ▪The trend reflects a deeper philosophical question about what it means to be human in an age dominated by artificial intelligence.
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There was a time in my life when I could have recited Charlton Heston’s The Ten Commandments from beginning to end. That, Ben Hur, and a collection of Veggie Tales and Little House on the Prairie episodes constituted most of my childhood films, all available only on shiny pieces of plastic shoved into a slot on my Mom’s computer. At the time, my siblings and I found the whole system rather limiting. Most of our 30-some DVDs were scratched to such a degree that whole scenes had been excised. The experience was more frustrating than romantic; the occasional DVD acquired at the local library was a welcome relief from the boredom of watching a film you had seen 20 times.
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Excerpt limited to ~120 words for fair-use compliance. The full article is at The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.
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