Kazakhstan’s bid to be the next nomad hotspot
Plus: AI is coming for the laptop class
NOMAD HUBS
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan’s bid to be the next nomad hotspot
A new residency program aims to attract nomads seeking affordability, connectivity, and adventure.
Staff Writers for The Astana Times
FUTURE OF WORK
🤖 AI is coming for the laptop class
White-collar tasks are the new automation frontier. This wave isn’t hitting factories; it’s coming for Figma files, Slack threads, and Notion docs.
Dylan Matthews for Vox
PHILOSOPHY
🇮🇸 Why are Icelanders so absurdly happy?
Long winters, volcanic soil, and still—joy. Iceland’s national mood defies the data, and maybe that’s the point.
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NOMAD LIFESTYLE
😢 I don’t like traveling anymore
When every place is optimised, photographed, and flattened into content, even the world’s wonders start to feel dull.
Sid Verma for sidverma.io
DIGITAL LIVING
📅 Friendship, now with calendar invites
Modern connection looks more like logistics—time blocks where intimacy used to be.
Allie Volpe for Vox
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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 👀
🇳🇱 Congratulations to Fenix, the new art and migration museum in Rotterdam, that opens its doors for the first time this weekend!
🇪🇪 In Estonia next week? Head to Latitude on May 21 and check out the startup scene.
