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The Anti-Work Movement and the Surge in Self-Employment

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The antiwork movement (also referred to as the post-work movement) is getting much attention these days.   " Our favorite antiwork forum post (below) is from  a Business Insider article on the antiwork movement. .  The post nicely sums up the lack of personal time associated with many jobs.  

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Who are "Geriatric Millennials"

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Over the past week, there's been a flurry of articles and social media posts on "geriatric millennials" This term refers to the oldest millennials, those born between 1980 and 1985.      One of the more popular articles is Today's Are you a 'geriatric millennial'?

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The Rise of the Solopreneur Travel Agent

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.  Fora joins a growing list of vertical market platforms providing solopreneurs with infrastructure tools for operating their own business.  

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The VanLife App

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The article provides a good description of VanLife: "For those who haven’t heard of it, “vanlife” refers to a recent bohemian trend of people buying cargo vans, old ambulances, school buses and other boxy vehicles, and converting them into livable apartments on wheels (think of it as a do-it-yourself RV). ."

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Funding for Education Technology Startups Continues to Boom

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  The article chart below (click to enlarge) shows some (but not all) of the bigger Edtech funding rounds in 2018. The article also references a prior Crunchbase article, China’s Education Startups Continue To Pull In Massive Funding Rounds.

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Social Isolation - Not Just Loneliness - a Health Risk Reduced by Coworking

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  Social isolation refers to having relatively few relationships and/or infrequent contact with others.  Loneliness   Our recent HBR article  Coworking Is Not About Workspace — It’s About Feeling Less Lonely  focused on the loneliness issues coworking helps with.   Which brings us to coworking. 

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Is the Gig Economy a "Big Nothingburger"?

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The Mother Jones article The Gig Economy is a Big Nothingburger is an excellent example of the response to a new paper - Understanding Trends in Alternative Work Arrangements in the United States - from the economists Lawrence Katz and Alan Krueger. It's very common for workers to moonlight in the gig economy to supplement their income.

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