Tim Harford
How can we resist the seduction of the mobile phone?
We are hooked. Our devices can, at any moment, demand that we focus upon them by flashing, pinging or even vibrating …
LifeArticles
The best articles, stories, and big ideas about digital nomads, remote work, and the future of work from across the web, sorted chronologically. Since 2015, we've curated 5504 articles, written by 6041 authors from 1298 publishers.
Aeon
Let's bring back the Sabbath as a radical act against 'total work'
When taken seriously, the Sabbath has the power to restructure not only the calendar but also the entire political economy. …
WorkThe Startup
How to be alone: the difference between loneliness and solitude
We use the two interchangeably because we’ve been conditioned to think of them as the same state; someone who spends …
LifeBBC
What Airbnb really does to a neighbourhood
Millions of people use Airbnb when travelling but its popularity sometimes puts it at odds with locals. So, how do short-term …
TravelJames Clear
Absolute Success is Luck. Relative Success is Hard Work.
So what it is? What determines success? Hard work or good fortune? Effort or randomness? I think we all understand both …
WorkTriplebyte Blog
What companies mean by culture fit
A company is its employees. How those employees interact with each other and what shared environment they create are among …
WorkAmbition & Balance - by Doist
Burned Out and Fantasizing About a Big Life Reset? Start Here
To get more honest and realistic advice, I asked people who’ve actually made these kinds of big life changes — leaving …
Life Remote WorkWhat did you wish you knew prior to setting off as a digital nomad?
What did you wish you knew (regarding planning/locations etc..) prior to setting off as a digital nomad?
Digital NomadThe New York Times
What if Emailing During Your Commute Counted as Work?
Should commuting hours count as part of the workday? The suggestion — sure to raise the hackles of employers everywhere — was …
Commuting WorkFast Company
Why work has failed us: Because no one can afford to retire anymore
As people struggle to make ends meet, fewer are saving for retirement, and fewer companies offer retirement accounts: 66% of …
WorkBloomberg
The 20-Hour Flight Is Coming. And It May Have a Gym and Bunks
Project Sunrise, as Qantas calls it, involves configuring an aircraft so that it can fly about 300 passengers and their …
TravelTim Harford
The Peter Principle is a joke taken seriously. Is it true?
The Peter principle states that “every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence”. If someone is good …
WorkTim Harford
The Peter Principle is a joke taken seriously. Is it true?
The Peter principle states that “every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence”. If someone is good …
WorkThe New York Times
'Overtourism' Worries Europe. How Much Did Technology Help Get Us There?
The world’s most popular destinations cannot expand to accommodate an infinite flood of visitors. Advocates of curbing …
TravelHarvard Business Review
The #1 Office Perk? Natural Light
The news headlines about what perks or elements of office design make for a great employee experience seem to be dominated by …
WorkThe New York Times
Maybe Your Sleep Problem Isn't a Problem
The conventional wisdom is that morning people are high achievers, go-getters, while late risers are lazy. But what if going …
HealthSpiegel Online
Paradise Lost: How Tourists Are Destroying the Places They Love
Travel is no longer a luxury good. Airlines like Ryanair and EasyJet have contributed to a form of mass tourism that has made …
TravelNick Wignall
Productive Procrastination: How to Get More Done by Procrastinating on Purpose
By procrastinating about the right things in the right way, you’re never really procrastinating. If you’d like to …
Productivity80,000 Hours
Randomised experiment: If you're genuinely unsure whether to quit your job or break up, then you probably should
People who made a change on an important question gained 2.2 points of happiness out of 10, while those who made a change on …
CareerAmbition & Balance - by Doist
What Most Remote Companies Don't Tell You About Remote Work
Isolation, anxiety, and depression in the remote workplace and what we’re doing about it.
Remote WorkMedium
How to build a van to work on the road
Back in November, my girlfriend and me decided to build our own van and travel through Europe for a couple of month… …
Digital Nomad Remote WorkThe New York Times
Money Really Does Lead to a More Satisfying Life
New research suggests that more money really does lead to a more satisfying life. Surveys of thousands of Swedish lottery …
LifeThe New York Times
How to Retire in Your 30s With $1 Million in the Bank
Fed up with their high-pressure jobs, some millennials are quitting and embracing the FIRE movement. (It stands for financial …
MoneyThe Guardian
How TripAdvisor changed travel
TripAdvisor is where we go to praise, criticise and purchase our way through the inhabited world. It is, at its core, a …
TravelAny older (>40) Digital Nomads here?
I’m mid forties and thinking of hitting the road again (last time was my late thirties, and only for six months). …
Digital NomadPOLITICO Magazine
Tired of Dirty Dishes and 'Hacker Houses,' Millennials Revamp Communal Living
‘Co-living’ offers more affordable rent, a cleaning service and even the occasional happy hour. And no more …
ColivingThe Billfold
A Story of a Fuck Off Fund
You save up a Fuck Off Fund of $1,000, $2,000, $3,000, then enough to live half a year without anyone else’s help. So …
LifeForbes
Digital Nomadism Goes Mainstream
Once an under-the-radar trend, living the digital nomad lifestyle has become so well-accepted it’s now an aspirational …
Digital NomadTechCrunch
Distributed teams are rewriting the rules of office(less) politics
For all of the discussions about how to hire, fire, coordinate, motivate, and retain remote teams though, what is strangely …
Remote WorkThe Wall Street Journal
The Science Behind the World's Longest Flights
Singapore and Qantas rethink their service for intercontinental trips that could last 20 hours or more.
Travel