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Hand-picked articles, stories and ideas from the remote work community and beyond.

Where Americans Are Moving In 2026 As Remote Work Changes Where We Live

Meggen Harris | Forbes

Remote work made it possible. Rising costs made it practical. Now, more Americans are rethinking where and how they want to live, as the “escape plan” shifts from daydream to real option.

Remote work is officially dead: 3 days in the office is the new norm, says CEO of the world’s biggest recruiter—except for ‘very special’ talent

Orianna Rosa Royle | Fortune

Sander van’t Noordende, the global CEO of Randstad, which places around half a million workers in jobs every week, says the great return-to-office war is effectively over—and a new pecking order has emerged.

Top Brussels official urges Europeans to work from home and drive less

Politico

Energy commissioner says the oil crisis triggered by Iran war will bring lengthy upheaval, in a speech reminiscent of the Covid pandemic.

A different kind of burnout results when home stops feeling like home and the isolation effect kicks in

Cyprus Mail

Working remotely is still not as common in Cyprus as in the rest of Europe. Only 22 per cent of employees worked from home in 2024, the lowest rate in the EU. However, for them, the change has dramatically impacted not only the work process, but also the way their home life is lived.

Employers are using your personal data to figure out the lowest salary you’ll accept

Genna Contino | MarketWatch

A growing number of employers are using surveillance wages to negotiate your next paycheck.

Why Gen AI Feels So Threatening to Workers

Erik Hermann, Stefano Puntoni, Carey K. Morewedge | Harvard Business Review

As gen AI takes over tasks that were once considered uniquely human, workers are starting to perceive their roles and their organizational value differently. Is that a good thing or a bad thing?

Thinking—Fast, Slow, and Artificial: How AI is Reshaping Human Reasoning and the Rise of Cognitive Surrender

Steven D Shaw, Gideon Nave | SSRN

People increasingly consult generative artificial intelligence (AI) while reasoning. As AI becomes embedded in daily thought, what becomes of human judgment?

Nobody Is Coming to Save Your Career

Steve Huynh | A Life Engineered

I waited years for someone to invest in my career. Nobody came.

Is the digital nomad lifestyle actually sustainable long term or do most people burn out?

EnvironmentalLog5001 | Reddit

I’ve been doing the digital nomad lifestyle for a bit now and I’m starting to see both sides of it.

Curious how people here handle it long term. do you eventually figure out a system that works or is it always a bit messy behind the scenes.

The busiest place you’ve never seen

Nick Schönfeld, Julia Gunther | NPR

What life looks like on the world’s most remote inhabited.

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