This week I’m attending Nomad Fest.
It’s in a mountain village called Bansko.
Bansko is an old village.
I’m sure you’ve been to many of these old villages in Europe, maybe you even live in one.
But have you ever been to a new village where you can:
- Live and work with interesting, friendly people?
- Learn new things?
- And not pay taxes – legally?
They’re called…
Economic Free Zones
I just got back from a lecture in the park by a guy who builds these villages for a living.
Let me see if I can remember what he said….
As I understand, the idea is not new: ancient Rome and Phoenicia had something similar.
But in our modern world, Dubai made it attractive again.
It’s partly what made the city so rich.
And now the idea is really catching on.
They’re in Portugal, Rwanda, Honduras, Malaysia, El Salvador, Brazil…
And hundreds of new ones are popping up to attract digital nomad entrepreneurs.
Basically, it’s a small area inside a country where the normal rules do not apply.
A new village inside an old country.
And because the village has better rules – fewer taxes and regulations – it attracts people who will create and build new things that will benefit the host country.
But beyond work and money, there’s another reason these villages are becoming more and more popular.
It’s a powerful attractor.
It’s missing from our modern lives.
And it’s what you need for your English – The Second Pillar of Village Theory.
Can you guess what it is?
That’s one of the reasons why Finns are the happiest country in the world; we believe that other people are honest and good too. We pay our taxes and believe that everything goes to the right places. It’s good that everyone is happy. Yes, it is idealistic, too.
If I look to the title idea something sound unrealistically, some ideas are oposite, but who knows?
I guess the second pillar of Village Theory cold be the socialisation; there are many people wich socialise , become friends, work at the same projects and develope their creativity .
Certainly there are interesting, wise and enterprising people. I think every where on the world are people, there are squatters, people who often move. In Slovakia, there are communities that live in the mountains, on the slopes, and have cut themselves off from the matrix. They live on the principle of barter, they grow everything and sometimes go to the city to take care of something. Because taxes and bureaucracy are big everywhere. They want to live more freely and creatively.
Communication?
We need more ,,freedom,, in every feeld. With nature, with out rooles in the administrative sistem, more childrenes. Now we live in the material world….. with many rooles….
Perhaps motivation is what holds up the village, right after the first pillar?
This is how the new world is born❤️
I think you means communication between nomads using English as a common language
the first pillar of Village theory is relax and the second pillar is enjoy , I think
I would guess the more those alternate villages grow the more rules would become necessary. Even more if the main purpose is focused on creating for a living. It would be important to have a common understanding of values, behavior and likely lots of self reflection to keep it clean from all those nasty things coming along with competition, striving for money etc.