We’ve allowed it to become a transaction—a predatory exchange where society systematically pressures us to trade our most vibrant, healthy, and energetic years for a paycheck, often deferring real living to a hypothetical, financially-secure future that may never come.
This guide will help you understand this digital ecosystem, overcome common hurdles, and prepare for a smooth visit where you can focus on the experience, not the connectivity.
Beneath Shanghai’s iconic skyline of glittering towers lies a city that has long been a crucible of ideas. From the printing presses of the 1930s that fueled a literary golden age to the avant-garde bookshops of today, Shanghai’s soul is indelibly inked on paper.
For those who can make it work (like me) there are some upsides that outweigh the downsides of this kind of lifestyle..
There is no security. There is no happy ending. There is no American Dream – it’s a lie.
We are all born with an innate knowledge of what is good for us, for our community and family, for our world. We naturally understand when something is not good for us, others, the world. Over time we learn to ignore that knowledge. We learn cultural and interpersonal rules that fly in the face of what we know. We distort our own reality field.
When you call someone a thief long enough, they finally realize they might as well be stealing. When you bully a kid so much that they want to die, they end up either killing themselves or killing their bully or killing a bunch of other people. That’s part of what is happening now.
Taiwan is a beautiful country filled with friendly people and some astounding landscapes.
I’m just going to dive into it without any real organization other than countries I’ve spent time in over the last year.
I was actually looking forward to having some public lonely time with a nice whiskey – but it was not meant to be.