Nostalgia can be about idealized versions of the past that one never experienced oneself though. When I was a teen there was a very popular TV show about the 1950s called "Happy Days" that was popular even among us teens who had no experience of the actual 1950s. Similarly, more recently, "Mad Men" about the 1960s.

Maybe they are simply enjoying that medium though? It's almost as if people are having a hard time coming to terms with that prospect.

I don't prefer learning or brainstorming using pencil and paper because they did it in the twenties, I do it because it's effective and I enjoy it, same for reading real books, I just enjoy them more than a Kindle (which I tried and find subpar)

I agree too, pencil/paper it can be good I find it work good, and real books too I prefer. That is different than records vs CD, which is a different kind of thing to that in my opinion.