Original author: @paarugsethi, @levelsio, twitter Original translation: zhouzhou, BlockBeats

Editor's note: With remote work becoming more and more common, the digital nomad lifestyle is rising rapidly. By 2024, 100-200 million people around the world will live and work digitally. These digital nomads are no longer the backpackers we think of. They not only have high incomes but also have high education. As this group of people increases, the concept of the cyber nation is gradually taking shape. Advances in technology and encryption technology also provide digital nomads in this emerging social form with a new lifestyle and more possibilities. This is a summary of a recent interview with @levelsio and @balajis at the 2024 Cyber ​​Nation Conference.

Here’s a summary of @levelsio’s conversation with @balajis at the Cyber ​​Nation Conference:

I founded eu/acc, which aims to Make Europe Great Again (MEGA).

Nomads.com (formerly Nomad List) is one of the first web nations:

It has been established for ten years.

It has tens of thousands of members moving around the world.

Tens of millions of visitors are digital nomads (DN).

Major physical centers: Bali, Thailand, Mexico, Austin and Miami, Spain and Portugal.

What is the national scale of the Digital Nomad Network?

9 years ago, I predicted that there would be 1 billion digital nomads by 2035. Initially many people thought this was impossible, but the pandemic popularized remote work.

One-third of the world’s workforce works remotely or in a hybrid mode.

By 2024, 1 billion people worldwide will work remotely, of which about 10-20% will be digital nomads, totaling 100-200 million.

Digital nomads are not low-income backpackers:

The average annual income is $125,000.

90% have a college degree and 34% have a master’s degree.

They are high-quality talents that countries or network countries should attract.

Work distribution:

34% of male digital nomads work in software development.

16% of female digital nomads work in marketing.

Social and dating:

66% of digital nomads are single, so there is a need for more offline, fixed communities.

72% of female digital nomads tend to be progressive, while 53% of male digital nomads tend to be conservative, which shows a certain conflict of ideas.

Living Model of Digital Nomads:

Most nomads do not move frequently, but stay an average of 64 days. The main reason for migration is visa issues, not a love of travel - a problem that countries or networks can solve through visa policies.

I created a small cyber country in Portugal:

I moved most of my online friends to a coastal town in Portugal, where everyone lived close to each other, within a 5-minute walk.

This is our own little experiment in a techno-optimist village, one that is permanent but retains the flexibility of a pop-up city.

@balajis's addition:

While we easily understand maps of the physical world, it is more challenging to imagine maps of the digital world. This makes us tend to connect with people who are physically close to us, but the Internet allows us to build close relationships with people who are far away, and connections based on relationships and interests are more important than physical distance.

Physical states rely on weapons and armies for protection, while cyber states and digital assets rely on encryption technology to form impenetrable boundaries. Cryptography is the ultimate firewall.

The power of the cyber state comes from its media, money and flexibility. The traditional world has China, and the digital world has cryptocurrency.

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