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Why we are Going Back to the Future for Work

Chris Herd
3 min readJul 2, 2019

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Geographic location shouldn’t dictate an individual’s economic potential but it has for the entirety of human history. We are on the brink of this decoupling and it will be the most liberating financial event in history.

Two things sit at the forefront of this, both are driven by technology — cryptocurrency and hyper global connectivity. The former redefines standard economics and divorces the necessity for debt to generate growth, the later enables you to participate in a truly global economy no matter where you are based. Banks are no longer required intermediaries needed for economic transactions to be guaranteed, governments no longer dictate monetary policy which detrimentally effects specific regions in the world and people no longer have to move to certain areas in order to receive inflated wages to pay for obscene living costs.

Technological liberation enables physical freedom

It lets you pick and choose where you are located and to participate how frequently you wish. That enables people to live in cheaper regions and work fewer hours to support their lifestyle if they choose. It lets everyone live in whichever city they choose, anywhere in the world and work jobs that would historically only be available to people living in a few select cities. The benefits are felt not just…

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Chris Herd
Chris Herd

Written by Chris Herd

CEO / Founder / Coach @FirstbaseHQ Empowering people to work in their lives not live at work ✌️✌

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