
Bill Gates shared. Positively
In a world full of negativity, optimism is a competitive advantage (c)

In a world full of negativity, optimism is a competitive advantage (c)
There is not a final of the story. What happened next I will publish a bit later after your guess. But story is very similar to Disney’s one.
Guys, share your favorite music and drop some links. It’s curiously to hear what everyone’s listening to. We can even build our own community playlist from it.
Whether you’re on the road or settled somewhere, in a great mood or feeling reflective, alone or surrounded by your people — it’s all interesting. Whether you actively play music or just listen to it in the background, share what resonates with you.
Let’s give the Non-Digital-Nomads a voice too.
Sometimes I make a photo and think: it’s one of the best photos in my life. Thanks to amazing sky and grief of Memorial Day, I have been feeling like that today
Sometimes we’re afraid to begin. This is the easiest way to discover yourself through painting. Share with the result if any.
Rome taught structure and the Mongols taught movement.
The Roman Empire believed in permanence: roads, laws, cities, administration, citizenship, — all was designed to stabilize the world and make it predictable. Roman thinking rewarded order, hierarchy, planning and long-term control over territory. Power came from building systems that could outlive individuals.
The Mongolian Empire operated almost from the opposite instinct. Mobility was power. Adaptation mattered more than permanence. Mongol success depended on speed, flexibility, decentralized execution, and the ability to move across enormous distances without becoming attached to one place. Their empire expanded not by making the world static, but by mastering constant motion.
What’s interesting is that both models still shape modern life. It’s exactly what we want to highlight and express in Non-Digital-Nomads (NDN) Community. For centuries these two models have coexisted and intertwined within our societies, although each person may naturally lean toward one dominant pattern of behaviour. And neither model is fully right or wrong. You can be a “Roman” in governments, corporations, institutions and career ladders. You build slowly, specialising on the way, creating stable system. The “Mongol” mindset lives in traders, explorers, entrepreneurs, remote workers, migrants and people who optimise for optionality instead of stability. They move lightly, adapt continuously and thrive through mobility and change.
We assume most people live somewhere in between. Maybe history never truly changes our core patterns: it simply offers us new perspectives through which to understand them.
Well, what is closer to you Neo: the red or the blue pill colour?
Source of the map: https://brilliantmaps.com/roman-vs-mongol-empires
Rome taught structure and the Mongols taught movement.
The Roman Empire believed in permanence: roads, laws, cities, administration, citizenship, — everything was designed to stabilize the world and make it predictable. Roman thinking rewarded order, hierarchy, planning and long-term control over territory. Power came from building systems that could outlive individuals.
The Mongolian Empire operated almost from the opposite instinct. Mobility was power. Adaptation mattered more than permanence. Mongol success depended on speed, flexibility, decentralized execution, and the ability to move across enormous distances without becoming attached to one place. Their empire expanded not by making the world static, but by mastering constant motion.
What’s interesting is that both models still shape modern life. It’s exactly what we want to highlight and express in Non-Digital-Nomads (NDN) Community. For centuries these two models have coexisted and intertwined within our societies, although each person may naturally lean toward one dominant pattern of behaviour. And neither model is fully right or wrong. You can be a “Roman” in governments, corporations, institutions and career ladders. You build slowly, specialising on the way, creating stable system. The “Mongol” mindset lives in traders, explorers, entrepreneurs, remote workers, migrants and people who optimise for optionality instead of stability. They move lightly, adapt continuously and thrive through mobility and change.
We assume most people live somewhere in between. Maybe history never truly changes our core patterns: it simply offers us new perspectives through which to understand them.
Well, what is closer to you, Neo: the red or the blue pill colour?
Source of the map: https://brilliantmaps.com/roman-vs-mongol-empires
In questo video d’archivio vediamo Luciano Pavarotti a soli 28 anni — una voce straordinaria.
Solo pochi anni prima, nel 1961, qualcuno gli disse, dopo aver riconosciuto il suo talento:
“Corri, perché l’opera avrà al massimo 10 anni di vita.”
Ma il grande Pavarotti, con la sua voce immensa, ha superato ogni confine ed è rimasto con noi per sempre.
“Il giorno dopo la prima diretta dal Met, la gente mi fermava per strada… Ho capito quanto fosse importante portare l’opera al grande pubblico”, disse Luciano.
“La donna è mobile” è così bella” ❤️
The Great Wall of China was 21,000 km of stone made of sticky rice. The Empire literally fed the wall with food stolen from starving peasants trading their survival instinct for the illusion of a border. Altan Khan didn’t break the wall. He just ignored it and rode to the gates of Beijing to burned all outskirts, proving that a static wall is just a monument to decay.
The modern world offers you two ways to run:
We are proposing a third path: The Non-Digital Nomad (NDN).
The NDN isn’t someone who can't move: they are someone who chooses to stay but refuses to settle into the rot of comfort. We believe comfort is a cage. We believe stability is often just "Pseudo-Official Framing" for a prison cell of mortgages, loans, insurances, predictable routines etc.
The Creed is simple:
If you are building a life and not just decorating your cage, you belong with the Rooted Rebels.
Welcome to the community. Invite thinking alike people.
And build where you stand. More details on Medium
I often meet such promotion of territories which require new residents. Does anybody have a successful or any experience in this way?