Europe tightens border controls
Plus: Why escaping the system won’t set you free
GLOBAL MOBILITY
🛂 European travel isn’t seamless anymore
Border checks are back in 10 Schengen countries—expect delays, ID stops, and more bureaucracy, for old times’ sake.
Manish Khandelwal for Travelobiz
NOMAD LIFESTYLE
🌎 Why escaping the system won’t set you free
Leaving behind jobs, cities, or nations can feel like liberation—but if the logic follows you, it’s not freedom, just a new disguise.
Lauren Razavi for Global Natives
NETWORK STATES
🏙️ Praxis eyes Kyiv and Athens for its techno-utopia
With backing from Sam Altman, Praxis is scouting for a real-world base to build its IRL network state—somewhere between ancient history and startup dreams.
Gian Volpicelli for Bloomberg
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REMOTE WORK
UK cafés are banning WiFi to kill the co-working vibe. Less Figma, more flirting—and maybe even conversation…
Olivia Lee for The Guardian
GLOBAL CULTURE
👶 How to learn languages like a baby
New research suggests that learning like a baby—through pure sound, not print—might be the key to adult fluency.
Kateřina Chládková et al for The Conversation
SEEN ON SOCIAL
COMMUNITY
🎟️ How to reboot a nation: Join our live event with Joel Burke on Estonia’s pioneering e-Residency program, May 27—click here for a free ticket 👀
🎧 Digital nomads, global mobility and network states with Lauren Razavi on the Free Cities podcast—listen to it here
🇬🇷 Could the next tech utopia be in Athens? Praxis thinks so
