Global Natives | Lauren Razavi | Substack

Where Are You From?

On borderless love and cities as the places and identities we choose.

May 29, 2023 • Lauren Razavi

Rethinking What It Means to Belong

On global identity beyond motion versus roots.

Dec 13, 2024 • Lauren Razavi

The Freedom Trap: Why Escaping the System Won’t Set You Free

On the biggest myth of borderless living.

Mar 23, 2025 • Lauren Razavi

Cosmopolitanism vs. Displacement: Running From Where We Came From

What if freedom was exile in disguise?

Apr 6, 2025 • Lauren Razavi

You Can’t Live Everywhere: What Comes After the Plot Collapses

When motion replaces meaning, is rhythm the only way to stay whole?

Apr 20, 2025 • Lauren Razavi

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The Freedom Trap: Why Escaping the System Won’t Set You Free

Mar 23, 2025 • Lauren Razavi

Cosmopolitanism vs. Displacement: Running From Where We Came From

Apr 6, 2025 • Lauren Razavi

You Can’t Live Everywhere: What Comes After the Plot Collapses

Apr 20, 2025 • Lauren Razavi

How to Date a Nomad

Feb 14, 2025 • Lauren Razavi

Book Chapters

What if nomads were never the outliers?

What looked like escape was actually design: an early cohort testing a new way to work, live, and make sense of their time.

Dec 7, 2025 • Lauren Razavi

Will there be a billion nomads by 2035?

The more nomadism succeeds, the harder it becomes to define or count.

Nov 23, 2025 • Lauren Razavi

How a failed yoga retreat sparked a revolution in borderless work

Two college grads hacked their way into the jungle and accidentally created the blueprint for digital nomadism.

Nov 9, 2025 • Lauren Razavi

Before I knew I was a nomad

In 2015, Bali was the meeting point for a new kind of global worker.

Nov 2, 2025 • Lauren Razavi

Parag Khanna on the rise of global natives

A generation raised on the internet is redrawing the world map.

Oct 26, 2025 • Lauren Razavi and Parag Khanna

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