Something is happening — quietly, globally, and all at once.
Millions of people are independently arriving at the same conclusion: the way we live with technology isn’t working. We are pushing back against a digital world that promised connection and delivered dependency.
The data is undeniable:
Vinyl records have grown for 18 straight years, generating $1.4 billion in US revenue in 2024 alone - nearly triple the sales of CDs.
Cassette tapes surged over 200% in the first quarter of 2025.
Film photography is experiencing its strongest resurgence since the early 2000s, with manufacturers like Kodak, Fujifilm, and Pentax investing heavily in new production.
Dumbphones — devices designed deliberately to do less - have become a $10 billion market, driven by a generation seeking an escape from algorithmic addiction.
Paper planners and journals sell over 1.3 billion units per year, with 64% of people still choosing physical planning tools even when digital ones are free.
These aren’t separate trends. They are one movement. And nobody is telling the full story.
I spent 22 years building the machine. Now I’m outside it.
My name is Jerzy Rajkow. For two decades, I was the Director of Administration and IT Director at one of the world’s top international law firms.
I managed the infrastructure. I deployed the systems. I oversaw the digital transformation of a global institution, making sure hundreds of professionals stayed connected, productive, and digitally dependent — around the clock.
I saw firsthand how technology reshapes organizations, relationships, and human behavior.
And I began to see the cost:
The always-on culture.
The toxic narrow-spectrum blue light saturating every waking hour.
The growing body of research linking non-native electromagnetic field (EMF) exposure to long-term health consequences.
Work projects creeping into family life and leisure time.
We are living under tech feudalism: a system in which billions of people use tools they don’t own, under terms they didn’t write, generating value they never capture.
I didn’t just theorize about this.
I lived it.
And then I had to walk away.
What is Use More Paper?
Use More Paper is a weekly podcast, YouTube show, and newsletter that explores the analog revival from every angle. Not as nostalgia. Not as a lifestyle aesthetic. As a necessary correction.
Each week, I sit down with the creators, thinkers, and makers at the frontier of the analog world:
Designers building minimalist phones and dumbphones.
Musicians pressing vinyl and releasing on tape.
Scientists raising alarms about chronic artificial light and EMF exposure.
Writers, artists, and professionals who still use notebooks and fountain pens.
Use More Paper is not anti-technology.
It’s pro-choice.
It argues that the most radical act in a hyperconnected world is to deliberately choose what deserves your attention - and what doesn’t.
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New Podcast Episodes & Interviews: Deep, unhurried conversations with the people building the analog alternative.
Data & Insights: Market analysis on the exploding analog economy.
Digital Minimalism Strategies: Practical ways to reclaim your attention, protect your biology from constant screen exposure, and build physical sovereignty in a digital world.
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