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Take a profound and distant journey. Call it:

Deep Travel
Immersive Travel
Slow Travel
Vagabonding

I will guide you to the intersection of travel, technology, and transformation.

The WanderLearn podcast will compel you to go beyond your comfort zone.

I wander all over the world and I share what I learn with you! In so doing, I hope you'll be inspired to do the same. Travel is the best university.

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In mid-November 2024, hear me speak at the Extraordinary Travel Festival in Bangkok, Thailand!

This page features 6 videos about Thailand to encourage you to meet me and 200+ extraordinary travelers at the ETF Conference!

1. Why Go To Thailand

Here are two episodes featuring Margaret Bensfield Sullivan, author of Following the Sun: Tales (and Fails) From a Year Around the World With Our Kids.

Margaret spent a year traveling to 29 countries on six continents with her husband and their two young kids.

How did she do it?

What did she learn?

What advice does she have for traveling parents with young children?

#1 Following the Sun book

00:00 World-proof your kids
05:55 Origin of the book title
09:20 Screwups
16:00 Career advice

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#2: How To Travel in Africa with Young Kids

00:00 Africa
02:50 Is a travel agent necessary?
04:10 Zimbabwe
05:20 Egypt

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It's hard to describe Kommu in an elevator. It's a clever mix of Airbnb, TrustedHousesitters, and Couchsurfing.

I spoke with Bo Abrams, the founder and CEO of Kommu.

Why should you pay $300 annually to access this new, exciting app that helps you find lodging and accommodation in a new way?

Timeline

00:00 Pain point

03:00 Kommu vs. Airbnb

06:30 Practical example of Kommu

11:00 Logistics

15:00 Social capital

22:00 Profit

24:15 How does Kommu make money?

29:12 Recovering your rent

33:00 Verifying rent

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It's April 19, 2024: Bitcoin's 4th Halving is happening today! The block reward, doled out every 10 minutes, will drop from 6.25 to 3.125 BTC.

That translates into an inflation rate of only 0.85%, far less than gold or any other currency.

From now until 2140, the inflation rate will slowly decrease to zero.

This explains why Bitcoin has appreciated against inflating currencies over several years —and that it will continue since governments will always recklessly print money.

In this episode, we celebrate the BTC Halving by reviewing Plan B's stock-to-flow (S2F) model, which I first critiqued at the previous halving in 2020. Back then, I predicted that the model would break in 2024 and beyond.

Because the article and video were so viral, I've been reviewing the model's state annually.

This update is extra special because it's the 2024 Halving.

Watch the 9-minute video below to see why I still believe what I said in 2020: that the stock-to-flow model will begin to crack this year.

As I explained in the video, the divergence between the two most recent models and reality is already happening.

Only the original and most conservative S2F model remains viable. But in 2025 and definitely by 2026, you'll see that model will become as useless as the last two S2F models.

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Michael Zervos is trying to visit every country faster than anyone else while recounting the happiest moments in people's lives. In this interview series, we talk about his Project Kosmos.

This page features interviews with Michael Zervos about his 1.5-year quest to travel to all the nations in the world faster than anyone else!

Michael Zervos makes well-produced social media content. Visit Michael Zervos's Linktree for all his links.

#1 Who is Michael Zervos & what is Project Kosmos?

Michael Zervos explains Project Kosmos and why he's trying to be the fastest person to travel to every country.

Follow him on social media to see if he pulls it off.

#2 Detained in Moscow for 7 hours

Michael Zervos's attempt to set a speed record to travel to every country began with a stumble in Russia.

#3 What are the hardest countries to visit?

Michael Zervos shares the countries he worries he may be unable to visit.

He also says what he will do if he runs out of time.

As of April 12, he's 20% done with his quest. He wrote to me, "I am going to be in Zambia the next two nights and then in Malawi with the night bus the next day after from Harare (in theory)."