Is it time to leave digital in the dust? These days, it's hip to be analog! Vinyl records and Polaroid photos are back on the scene, leaving everybody asking one question: what's so cool about analog in the digital age?

In this week's episode of The Future STIR, Ben and Greg get nostalgic, talking about Crosley, Instax, and the recent drift from digital life. Many of us know the trials and tribulations of caring for a precious record collection, as well as the inconvenience and impermanence of capturing life's moments with Polaroid photos, and yet a new wave of nostalgia for these bygone specimens of tech is sweeping the market in big-name stores like Urban Outfitters. In an age of constant new and innovative technology, we're left to wonder how these pastimes are being reinvented and reintegrated into the modern digital age. More than ever in the past decade, consumers are diving into personal experience and drifting away from the world of constant digital connection.

Will what's "hip" halt modern technology, or will avid analog users propel us further into the future of consumer-company relationships and personal experience? Find out as Ben and Greg check out the appeal of analog this week, only at The Future STIR!

In this episode:

The positive sides of "digital amnesia"

Facial recognition technology may change the way you Uber

Target breaks gender barriers with bathroom choice

Vinyl, Polaroid, and all things analog: how is the modern market pushing consumers to live in the moment?

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