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Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Quotes

The Placeless and the Privileged

by benhuberman February 9, 2018October 19, 2022

On the macro forces that have made digital nomadism something more powerful, and more sinister, than just another “lifestyle choice.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

When You’re a ‘Digital Nomad,’ the World Is Your Office

by benhuberman February 8, 2018October 19, 2022

On life at a Miami digital-nomad compound, which one resident describes as “a hybrid between a summer camp for adults and a reality-TV show without the cameras.”

Posted inArts & Culture, Current Events, Quotes

What Alex Jones and Amanda Chantal Bacon Have in Common

by mlegro May 26, 2017October 19, 2022

A new profile of the Moon Juice entrepreneur reveals how the hippie left intersects with the conspiracist right.

santa maria novella church in florence, italy, at sunset
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

Before the Avon Lady, There Were a Bunch of Monks With a Bottle of Vinegar

by michelleweber March 18, 2017October 19, 2022

Meet the lifestyle and wellness hawkers of 13th century Italy: the Monks of Santa Maria Novella.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

Shopping for Forbidden Fruit

by Aaron Gilbreath February 19, 2016October 19, 2022

Rafil Kroll-Zaidi writes about proxy services which help Western shoppers navigate the Japanese online marketplace and buy the goods retailers refuse to sell outside Japan.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

How the Mason Jar Got Hip

by Aaron Gilbreath November 23, 2015October 19, 2022

Ariana Kelly writes in The Atlantic about the invention and impact of the Mason Jar ─ that simple, indispensible glassware that facilitated rural American life ─ and what its current popularity in urban culture signifies.

Posted inNonfiction, Reading List

Tiny Houses, RVs, and Other Places We Call Home: A Reading List

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands November 5, 2014October 19, 2022

Here are four pieces exploring different approaches to space and home—from living on wheels to escaping the grid.

Posted inNonfiction, Quote Posts, Reading List

Tiny Houses, RVs, and Other Places We Call Home: A Reading List

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands November 5, 2014October 19, 2022

Here are four pieces exploring different approaches to space and home—from living on wheels to escaping the grid.

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