If you're unaware that 2026 is being touted as the return of analog, you've either already logged off, or your algorithm is most unusual. Most of us won't have missed reels announcing, "For 2026 I'm trading my smartphone in for a Nokia 3210, a record player, a polaroid camera and a library card."
My Instagram feed is awash with folk half my age announcing a resolve to delete their entire internet presence and get a landline, then celebrating brick buildings full of books because (and I quote), "There's no AI in libraries."
