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The Economist

Will a robot really take your job?

A notorious forecast about the automation of jobs has been hugely misunderstood, says one of its authors.

Gizmodo

How to Recline Your Airplane Seat Without Being a Dick

The experience of being reclined on is especially bad if it comes suddenly, mid-flight, after you’ve settled in and …

The Walrus

Why Being Bored Is Good

Technology keeps us constantly stimulated. What do we lose when we no longer have nothing to do?

BBC

How to be a better tourist

Over-tourism is suffocating cities around the world. Here’s what you can do to avoid being part of the problem – short …

Reddit

Travelling made me less career driven?

Now back in the UK I’ve been brought up by my parents to get a good education, work extremely hard through …

Noteworthy - The Journal Blog

How I Made $8,000 per Month Podcasting, and Why You Probably Don't Want To

Small podcasts can make real money.

I run the Disrupting Japan podcast. Like many podcasts, the show dives deep into a small …

New York Magazine

The Best Way to Tour a City Is Through Its Grocery Store

Grocery stores have the gritty, hustling authenticity of a bodega or street cart with the propriety and promise of Whole …

Derek Sivers

Change careers like Tarzan

So my advice is: Change careers like Tarzan.

Don’t let go of the old one until the new one is supporting you.

And make …

The New York Times

It's Never Going to Be Perfect, So Just Get It Done

In other words, just getting it done — whether that’s a decision you have to make or work you have to do — will leave …

The New York Times

China Snares Tourists' Phones in Surveillance Dragnet by Adding Secret App

China’s border authorities routinely install the app on smartphones belonging to travelers who enter Xinjiang by land …

Twitter

The difference between digital backpackers, workation tourists, digital staymads, and remote workers

In almost all discussions about remote work I have to first explain the difference between:

• digital backpackers
• workation …

The New York Times

The Global Economy Runs on Parties You're Not Invited To: The robots may take over, but high-end schmoozing will never die.

The internet was supposed to pull down gatekeepers and middlemen. It was supposed to make decision-making rational, …

BBC

Why the age of electric flight is finally upon us

Aerospace firms are joining forces to tackle their industry’s growing contribution to greenhouse gas emissions, with …

OneZero

How 'Digital Nomads' Game the System to Work in Paradise

Visa scams and tax evasion are common as locals struggle with a low minimum wage.

Reddit

How do you stay productive while travelling

When traveling I’m all over the place, I schedule my tasks but I don’t complete them. Things come up, place to …

SlideShare

Engineering Management in Remote teams

The opening talk of the Running Remote Conference 2019. I tried to explain what makes distributed teams and remote work …

WIRED

I Opted Out of Facial Recognition at the Airport—It Wasn't Easy

Travelers should be critical when submitting to facial recognition technology in airports. Ask yourself: Is saving a few …

Reddit

Do you find being a digital nomad more appealing than being a remote worker?

Most DNs I see on here travel while picking up freelance work. This used to be a goal of mine as well. But being a remote …

Condé Nast Traveler

Where to Go When You Just Want to Be Alone

Thoreau headed for the woods. Bowles fled to the desert. The Indigo Girls went to the mountains. We humans disappear into …

The Startup

Why I Won't Freelance: Freelancing isn't for everyone.

I make sure that I take the time to create, at least something, nearly everyday. I want to be a writer. I want to write …

The Startup

The Silent Meeting Manifesto v1: Making meeting suck a little less

Meetings suck. It’s a universally accepted truth.

I’m here to tell you that they don’t have to. I’m …

CBS News

Two-thirds of American employees regret their college degrees

A college education is still considered a pathway to higher lifetime earnings and gainful employment for Americans. …

BBC

Robots 'to replace up to 20 million factory jobs' by 2030

Up to 20 million manufacturing jobs around the world could be replaced by robots by 2030, according to analysis firm Oxford …

Elemental

The Cryptic Language of Non-Verbal Communication

Scientists are starting to decipher the things we don’t say with words.

Nick deWilde

Career Transition Risk and the Ladder of Legitimacy

To understand how much career transition risk you’re taking on, ask yourself how much hiring risk your future manager …

Quartz

It's time to factor remote work into our urban planning

If we really want to build a sustainable future for cities, then government and business leaders need to shift focus and …

Inside Design Blog

Balancing family and work with Alicja Colon in episode 4 of "Greater Than Avatars"

The trouble with working from home is honoring work-life balance, and Alicja’s not afraid to talk about that …

Scott's Cheap Flights

The Best and Worst US Airports for Cheap International Flights in 2019

To determine which airports offer the most frequent deals on international flights—and which major airports offer the …

The Atlantic

Why We Cry on Planes

Is it such a stretch to imagine a commercial plane as one of the loneliest places in the modern world? Why is seat 27F on the …