The internet’s East India company
You’re doing museums wrong
Welcome to Borderless, the newsletter for global citizens.
Every week, we handpick the best links to help you navigate the quirks of working on the internet and living across borders.
NETWORK STATE
🗺️ Google is now the East India company of the internet
The chilling parallels between big tech’s global domination and history's greediest trading company. Is this control without conscience, power without purpose?
Ted Gioia for The Honest Broker
TRAVEL TIPS
🏛️ How to museum correctly
Institutions like the British Museum can feel like labyrinths of artifacts and stories. How to uncover deeper narratives, embrace unexpected discoveries, and make the most of your visit.
Rebecca Mead and Lale Arikoglu for Condé Nast Traveler
GLOBAL AFFAIRS
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia is building a $1 trillion city in the desert
Saudi’s futuristic city, Neom, promises a post-oil utopia with renewable energy, cutting-edge technology, and surreal ambition. Will it succeed?
Johnny Harris on YouTube
REMOTE WORK
👩💻 How WFH can actually strengthen bonds between coworkers
From sassy toddlers to unwashed dishes, Zoom calls reveal our messiest, most authentic selves. Forget office water cooler gossip: remote work builds connections in ways no cubicle ever could.
Beth Schinoff et al. for Harvard Business Review
WELLNESS
🤖 Transhumanism: Tech is transforming the human experience
Superlongevity, superintelligence, and superwellbeing are redefining what it means to be human. If we no longer die of old age, our intelligence merges with AI, and suffering is engineered away, what will the world look like?
British Institute of Posthuman Studies on YouTube
SEEN ON SOCIAL 👀
⛺ A look into the lives of OG Iranian nomads
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS
How much do you spend per month on nomading?
🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️ More than $3,000 (26%)
🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️ $2,000-$3,000 (30%)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Less than $2,000 (44%)
COMMUNITY 🌐
🏗️🚀 Apply to build the future at this summit in Próspera
🇳🇱🇮🇪 Meet the authors of this newsletter at intimate dinners in Amsterdam (February) and Dublin (March)!