Just like handwriting survived long after the introduction of print, paper is still very much part of our internet-era economy.
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Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Quotes
The Placeless and the Privileged
On the macro forces that have made digital nomadism something more powerful, and more sinister, than just another “lifestyle choice.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Business & Tech, Nonfiction, Quotes
Is Estonia Leading the Way to the Future Digital World?
Estonia’s ultimate goal in digitizing its society has less to do with automation than it does with embracing the transient nature of labor in the European marketplace.
Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Uncategorized
California’s Housing Crisis Is About Jobs, Not Houses
It’s not the pace of housing construction. It’s that the world’s most successful companies are gathered in a small number of cities.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
One Coastal Scottish Village Learns the Real Meaning of Community
The Scottish village of Portpatrick saved its harbor and identity through a once-obscure ownership model, community shares.
Posted inEditor's Pick
There Aren’t Enough Slaughterhouses to Support the Farm-to-Table Economy
The phrase “too much pork for just one fork” takes on new meaning in light of this supply-chain problem. (Note: the fork is the slaughterhouse in this metaphor.)
Posted inReading List
Alternative Reality: An Alt-Weekly Reading List
Nine excellent stories discovered in U.S. alt-weekly newspapers.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Story
The Last of the Live Reviewers: An Interview with Nate Chinen
Nate Chinen may have been the last full-time jazz reviewer at any American newspaper. He says jazz hasn’t been in a better place since the ’60s — but the commercial infrastructure is broken.
Posted inBusiness, Nonfiction, Quotes
Why Is Northern Mexico’s Thriving Resale Clothing Business Illegal?
Enterprising Mexican citizens buy America’s unwanted secondhand clothing to resell in Mexico, so why is this illegal?
Posted inEditor's Pick
Europe’s Heart of Darkness
In the busy Greek shipping port of Aspropyrgos, both legal and illegal trade thrives among the refineries and warehouses, and the immigrants who live here struggle to make a home in a Greece that is trying to preserve its economy and identity.
