{"id":41460,"date":"2023-08-24T08:56:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T15:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=41460"},"modified":"2023-08-22T11:57:16","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T18:57:16","slug":"argentinas-currency-woes-muddy-water-filter-nomad-stats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/argentinas-currency-woes-muddy-water-filter-nomad-stats\/","title":{"rendered":"Argentina’s Currency Woes\/Muddy Water Filter\/Nomad Stats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A weekly newsletter with four quick bites, edited by Tim Leffel, author of\u00a0A Better Life for Half the Price<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0The World\u2019s Cheapest Destinations<\/em>. See\u00a0past editions here,<\/a>\u00a0where your like-minded friends can subscribe and join you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Argentina\u2019s Mess Gets Messier<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You might want to book that trip to Argentina soon before the economy collapses. The government just devalued their official currency rate 18%<\/a> and raised interest rates to 118% (not a typo). This after a libertarian candidate scored the highest in a primary vote–a candidate who promises to dollarize the monetary system (like Ecuador did) and eliminate the central bank. If you go, bring lots of hard currency cash<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lifestraw Water Filters<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I caught up with some reps from Lifestraw at a travel conference recently and watched them suck dirty water through their signature product<\/a> as a demo. It’s an easy-to-pack item for backcountry explorers and hikers. For more standard travel, get one of their Go Series bottles<\/a> with a built-in purifier filter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Digital Nomad Stats<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This article<\/a> was last updated in April, but there are lots of fun and sometimes surprising statistics in here that I saw confirmed at the Nomad Fest of 700+ people I attended this summer. Some 56% of remote workers are North American and 27% are from Europe, leaving 17% for the rest of the world. These aren\u2019t broke backpackers: the median annual income is $85K. 90% have a formal education, 2\/3 are single, and nearly half are self-employed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chimp Empire<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s something unique to binge-watch on Netflix. A Kevin Kelly mention in Recomendo<\/a> put Chimp Empire<\/a><\/em> at the top of my viewing list and it’s incredible. It’s a 4-episode nature documentary filmed in a jungle in Uganda, but one with a narrative plot that’s more Sopranos<\/em> or Succession<\/em> than Animal Kingdom<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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