This afternoon, I stumbled across an almost blasphemous YouTube video by a young man named Austin Schrock titled, “This pocket notebook is (slowly) replacing my phone (2023)” and I wondered:
In an era dominated by touch screens and voice commands, could there really be a palpable shift towards pen and paper?
The Allure of Analog
Austin starts by addressing the initial skepticism most of us would harbor.
It’s 2023.
Most communication is done on our iPhones, yet here’s a fresh-faced YouTuber promoting the joys of a physical notepad.
He admits that he wasn’t instantly sold on the idea. It was only after observing other notable YouTube personalities, and even those from yesteryears like C.S. Lewis, best known as the author of The Chronicles of Narnia, endorsing the value of writing that he considered giving it a shot.