How to Become a Sustainable Digital Nomad (Even With a Family)

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How to Become a Sustainable Digital Nomad (Even With a Family)

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How to Become a Sustainable Digital Nomad (Even With a Family)

Slow travel - Supporting local economies - Slowing the Fuck down

Daniel Thompson

May 02, 2023

Nolan speaks with Daniel Thompson, the CEO of Noma Collective, a business and community that specializes in creating experiences for remote workers. They discuss cultural and individual differences in time perception, life in Merida, negotiation styles, home births, becoming a digital nomad that helps the local culture rather than destroying it, and slowing the hell down.

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0:00 - Intro

01:41 - Growing up in the UK, New Zealand, and the USA

05:43 - A nomadic home birth

08:18 - Life in Merida

12:41 - Living a nomadic life with Noma Collective

20:27 - Perception of time, both in cultures and individuals

28:30 - Task-based vs relationship-based cultures.

31:17 - Music industry & rave culture

35:09 - How to become a digital nomad (even with a family)

42:24 - Noma’s social impact & slow travel

52:00 - Slow travel & returning to the human pace

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