The rising dangers of U.S. travel
Plus: A "borderless" capital of culture?
TRAVEL TIPS
🇺🇸 Crossing U.S. borders without sacrificing digital privacy
Phones seized, devices searched, privacy laws uncertain—how to stay one step ahead at American entry points.
Andy Greenberg for Wired
🇪🇺 The world’s first borderless Capital of Culture
Europe has a new transnational culture hub. Two languages, two histories, and one experiment in erasing borders.
Noah Charney for BBC Travel
NETWORK STATES
🌇 Can startup cities fix broken governments?
Frustrated by bureaucracy and stagnation, entrepreneurs are building cities from scratch—rewriting the rules of governance, economics, and society.
Peerbase on YouTube
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WORK CULTURE
Turns out creativity and logic aren’t opposites, but collaborators. Why that matters, and what to do about it.
Shaina Rozen for Atlassian
TECHNOLOGY
📱 Is social media more like cigarettes or junk food?
It’s addictive by design, rewiring our brains and habits. Now, lawmakers want to treat it like a public health threat.
Cal Newport for The New Yorker
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