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# five friday finds: analog interest, games, anti-MrBeast
- URL: https://flyways.snowbird.global/five-friday-finds-analog-interest/
- Published: 2023-12-01T05:36:50.000Z
- Updated: 2024-11-05T05:51:50.000Z
- Description: you can take the iPhone out of China, but you can't take...
- Author: Gautam Ramdurai
- Tags: Newsletter, #Migrated-1730785798323, #Import 2024-11-05 13:50

I spent this week in Bangalore, hitting up coffee shops & bookstores. It was balm for a weary mind. Here are the finds that kept me company while stuck in sluggish traffic:

1. [**AI = ANALOG INTEREST**](https://www.fastcompany.com/90985730/leica-m-series-analog-film-digital-photography?ref=flyways.snowbird.global) In a generative AI world, analog film photography is making a comeback.
2. [**NATURE CURE**](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/nov/27/the-nature-cure-how-time-outdoors-transforms-our-memory-imagination-and-logic?ref=flyways.snowbird.global) How time outdoors transforms our memory, imagination and logic.
3. [**CAT & MOUSE**](https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/11/20/1083660/game-china-hide-seek-map/?ref=flyways.snowbird.global) A mobile game that is a fun combination of a childhood game, in-person networking, the latest location-sharing technology, and meme-worthy experience, has gone viral in China this year, drawing thousands of people across the country to events every week.
4. [**ANTI-BEAST?**](https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/27/23977915/the-youtube-era-of-excess-is-getting-pretty-boring?ref=flyways.snowbird.global) The YouTube “era of excess” was helmed by Mr. Beast. Now, Taylor Lorenz, a keen observer of all things western-interent, predicts the next wave will be “anti-MrBeast” to defy this trend.
5. [**HARD PROBLEM**](https://restofworld.org/2023/foxconn-india-iphone-factory/?ref=flyways.snowbird.global) Chinese engineers are flying to India to train the next generation of iPhone builders, but it’s going to be a struggle.

I’m smack dab in the middle of a sci-fi book ([Hospital by Han Song](https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/hospital-han-song/7348668?ean=9781542039468&ref=flyways.snowbird.global)) and loving every page - this weekend will be spent finishing it.

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