PART 2 Digital Nomad Nation: Rise of a Borderless Generation Collective Power The Rise of a Global Nomad Community . As the extended reach of technology and connectivity allows people to move beyond the reach of support of their own families, friends, and governments, the opportunities of the nomad community become clear: A source … Read more
CHAPTER 6 Digital Nomad Nation: Rise of a Borderless Generation Solo Struggles as Foundations for a Nation . “In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” — Albert Einstein “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” — African Proverb While the timeline of the journey for each … Read more
CHAPTER 5 Digital Nomad Nation: Rise of a Borderless Generation Geoarbitrage . “Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.” — Warren Buffett “It’s not how much money you make, but how much life you can buy with it.” — DNN Many people dream of suddenly becoming rich, believing that the wealth of … Read more
CHAPTER 4 Digital Nomad Nation: Rise of a Borderless Generation How Digital Nomads Earn Their Living . “Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like … Read more
CHAPTER 3 Digital Nomad Nation: Rise of a Borderless Generation The Digital Nomad Lifecycle . “Not till we are lost… do we begin to find ourselves.” — Henry David Thoreau “There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same.” — Chinese Proverb Every digital nomad starts … Read more
CHAPTER 2 Digital Nomad Nation: Rise of a Borderless Generation What Is a Digital Nomad? . “We are torn between a nostalgia for the familiar and an urge for the foreign and strange. As often as not, we are homesick most for the places we have never known.” — Carson McCullers “Identity is not found, … Read more
CHAPTER 1 Digital Nomad Nation: Rise of a Borderless Generation Why Are Digital Nomads Everywhere? “I was not born for one corner. The whole world is my native land.” — Seneca “Not all who wander are lost—some are escaping what they were never meant to be.” — DNN In 2017, two decades after Tsugio Makimoto … Read more
PART 1 The Individual Experience Rise of the Digital Nomad In a world that is increasingly restrictive on time, money, and freedom, digital nomadism is a last resort to escape suffocating societal constructs. Digital nomadism presents an opportunity to break free, trading in daily life for a journey to satisfy the natural urge … Read more
PROLOGUE Digital Nomad Nation: Rise of a Borderless Generation At the close of the 20th century, Tsugio Makimoto, a technologist, and David Manners, a business writer with a penchant for tech, predicted the rise of a new persona that would lead to a sociological shift with global impacts. According to the authors, the convergence of … Read more
Most people would love to achieve financial independence, but this lofty goal, with large “FI numbers” and pots of cash to save, often feels out of reach on average salaries. Many of those same people often dream of a life abroad, perhaps on a slow tropical island or steeped in an exotic and metropolitan city, … Read more