#299 - David Sax on THE FUTURE IS ANALOG

Award-winning writer David Sax chats with Trey Elling about THE FUTURE IS ANALOG: HOW TO CREATE A MORE HUMAN WORLD. Topics include: How the pandemic exposed the flaws of going too digital (0:22) The value of working at an office with your coworkers (3:28) The false promises of technology evolving education (18:45) What schools could learn from kindergarten (26:42) The initial vision of e-commerce vs what it became in this era of Amazon (36:19) The analog value of cities (45:38) The importance of shared, live experiences (49:32) Analog conversations healing loneliness and depression through "social prescribing" (54:09) Unplugging for the good of the soul (59:25) David's thoughts on the Metaverse (1:07:05)