Why is Japan courting nomads?
Plus: Airbnb is getting…social?
GLOBAL MOBILITY
🇯🇵 Japan wants nomads, not tourists
Japan’s tourist crush is reaching meltdown levels, but nomads are a different story: they stay longer, move quieter, and spend beyond the usual hotspots.
Jayson Albano for South China Morning Post
NOMAD LIFESTYLE
By helping guests meet other travelers, Airbnb is edging closer to something nomads have always wanted: community built into the booking.
Ivan Mehta for TechCrunch
LONGEVITY
🏥 If I get sick, I’m moving to Malaysia
When healthcare becomes a reason to relocate, Malaysia stands out for its mix of world-class treatment and realistic costs.
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DIGITAL LIVING
A meditation on ambition in the age of infinite choice, and the quiet ache of wanting too many lives to fit inside one body.
amber. on Substack
FUTURE OF WORK
Young people are using ChatGPT to write their applications. HR is using AI to read them. No one is getting hired.
Annie Lowrey for The Atlantic
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Airbnb adding social feaures is long overdue. Nomads have been cobbling togther comunity through Slack groups and Facebook for years. If they can make connections feel organic rather than forced, this could actualy shift how people chose where to stay.