Are Digital Nomads Ruining Everything?
On global gentrification, and the friction between borderless freedom and local realities.
In November 2022, Lisbon was buzzing. Web Summit, one of the world’s largest tech conferences, drew over 70,000 attendees, including tech CEOs, startup founders, journalists, and notable public figures like Noam Chomsky. But beneath the city's vibrant surface, something had shifted.
Lisbon had become a magnet for digital nomads drawn by sunshine, seafood…