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The digital nomads, a reflection of the contradictions of our time

2020-10-22T04:09:57.312Z


INTERVIEW - In his book Les Nouveaux Nomades, published in March by Éditions Arkhê, journalist Maxime Brousse analyzes the motivations and habits of those who have decided to make their offices around the world.


LE FIGARO.

- Who is behind what you call the “digital nomads”?

Maxime BROUSSE.

- The term “

digital nomads

 ” first appeared in 1997, in a book published by John Wiley & Sons Publishing.

It is then a word of technician, which will take a few years to become established.

The way I caricature them, these contemporary nomads are Westerners who go with their computers to work wherever they want.

They rely on entrepreneurial freedom and are not constrained by geography to develop their professional activities.

Their choice of destination is often utilitarian: developing countries where the standard of living is low.

We usually see them in Chiang Mai, Bali or Lisbon.

How do these destinations attract workers so much?

Generalizing a bit, we can say that

digital nomads are

looking for the same thing as at home, the sea or the sun as a bonus.

In Asia, for example,

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Source: lefigaro

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