Archive for January 2020
Everything I Thought I Lost
Another Nomadic Life Thought Piece The reason animals survive in nature is because they are rationally risk averse. Only human animals have the capacity to be irrational. On the other hand, only human animals have the capacity to rationally take on risk—the sine qua non of human civilization. In the status quo, civilization comes at…Read More
First Impressions: Location Independent Nomads in Chiang Mai, Thailand
It’s a contradiction in terms with a wink and a smile, but if anyplace on earth could lay claim to being the “home base” of the digital nomad, it’s Chiang Mai, Thailand. Thailand is a wonderful, happy, smiling and seemingly content country in general, but Chiang Mai offers the best of all of that. I…Read More
Discussions 9: Yasuhiko Genku Kimura talks about culture, being, and omnicentricity
Yasuhiko Kimura is a Japanese-born philosopher, intellectual, and Buddhist monk. He uniquely covers and integrates all approaches to human philosophy, both western and eastern. Listen for his unique takes on things.Read More
Neil Peart
Back at Oregon State in about 1982, my weed-smoking, Alaskan roommate introduced me to more than weed and bongs. It was a Rush. My very first Rush album was actually a live mix, Exit Stage Left and while it’s brilliant on many levels, the one track, YYZ (airport code for Toronto, from whence they harken),…Read More
How To Live Tax Free as an American Nomad
Much is made of the Leviathan that’s the United States Internal Revenue “Service.” Gotta love euphemism. What a “SERVICE!” For a laf at “The Land of the Free”: The only major nation that taxes its citizens (and green card holders) regardless of where they live is the United States. So long as you hold a…Read More