You’d still work if you didn’t have to

Plus: Montevideo as nomad hub?

FUTURE OF WORK

👩‍💻 You’d still work if you didn’t have to

Not for a boss, not for a paycheck. You’d do it to matter. Even in a post-scarcity world, the urge to create, build, and be seen doesn’t disappear.

Elle Griffin for The Elysian

TRAVEL TIPS

🌊 Montevideo as a nomad hub?

Steady internet, slower pace, and sea views: Uruguay’s capital is quietly drawing remote workers who’ve had enough of the usual hotspots.

Erin Vasta for MSN Travel

GEOPOLITICS

🦅 Is the U.S. becoming an autocracy?

With legal norms eroding and strongman tactics rising, American democracy is looking less like a given.

Andrew Marantz for The New Yorker

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DIGITAL LIVING

😔 When loneliness becomes a weapon

Romance scams are going AI. Fake boyfriends, real heartbreak, all powered by loneliness. The epidemic isn’t just sad; it’s dangerous.

Lily Hay Newman & Matt Burgess for Wired

QUIRKY

🪨 Make something heavy

In a world obsessed with speed and virality, there’s power in building things that take time, carry weight, and last.

Anu Atluru for Working Theorys

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COMMUNITY

• ✍️ Want to break into life-writing? Applications open soon for Oxford’s new Global Majority and Underrepresented Writers’ Programme

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