{"id":44551,"date":"2025-07-24T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=44551"},"modified":"2025-07-17T11:09:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T18:09:20","slug":"nomad-golden-age-ai-flight-prices-4-day-workweek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/nomad-golden-age-ai-flight-prices-4-day-workweek\/","title":{"rendered":"Nomad Golden Age\/AI Flight Prices\/4-day Workweek"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2><strong>The Digital Nomad Golden Age is Now<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I got so annoyed by an article from two travelers wanting to lock the door behind them that I wrote a 3,000-word blog post in one sitting as a rebuttal. If you care to read it, here are my reasons why&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cheapestdestinationsblog.com\/2025\/07\/16\/golden-age-digital-nomads\/\">this is the best time ever<\/a>&nbsp;to take off and become a digital nomad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>More AI We Didn\u2019t Want<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As if Delta Airlines\u2019 recent sub-splitting of its fare classes into nine different categories wasn\u2019t bad enough, now they plan to make it even more confusing by letting an AI bot decide how much YOU should pay. Yes, you specifically for your next flight search. They\u2019re&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/viewfromthewing.com\/delta-is-turning-ticket-pricing-over-to-ai-by-year-end-20-of-fares-will-exactly-match-the-most-youre-willing-to-spend\/\">rolling it out slowly and experimenting<\/a>&nbsp;now, but your real-life&nbsp;<em>Black Mirror<\/em>&nbsp;nightmare is coming soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Portable Charger Limits on Chinese Airlines<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Time to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelandleisureasia.com\/global\/news\/china-enforces-3c-certification-for-power-banks-on-flights-what-it-means-for-flyers\/\">check the label on your portable charger<\/a>&nbsp;if you\u2019ll be flying within China. It needs a CCC marking and not too much juice or they\u2019ll confiscate it. \u201cPower banks with a capacity of under 100Wh can still be carried on board; those between 100-160Wh require airline approval, while those with a capacity over 160Wh are outright prohibited.\u201d To make things more confusing, Wh is not the same as mAh, the measurement used in most of the world. Best to get a power bank at 20,000 mAh and 5 volts or less to comply. I\u2019d link to Amazon here, but online retailers don\u2019t specify Chinese CCC certification and usually don\u2019t picture the fine print label, so this is a case where you\u2019re better off buying in a retail store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Iceland\u2019s Four-day Workweek Has Been a Big Success<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It is now crystal clear that 10 years after the experiment first kicked off, Iceland\u2019s four-hour workweek push has been a huge success. Participation is now at 90% and most workers toil away just 35 or 36 hours over four days. Studies show they\u2019re getting just as much done, if not more, which won\u2019t be a surprise to anyone who has wasted time in an office waiting for the chance to duck out and go home. The most recent syndicated article I\u2019ve seen on this is showing up on dicey websites, but here\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2024\/nov\/21\/iceland-36-hour-working-week-stress-job\">a&nbsp;<\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2024\/nov\/21\/iceland-36-hour-working-week-stress-job\">Guardian<\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2024\/nov\/21\/iceland-36-hour-working-week-stress-job\">&nbsp;story<\/a>&nbsp;from late last year on how it has played out in practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>A weekly newsletter with four quick bites, edited by Tim Leffel, author of\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/cbjyU?utm_campaign=Nomadico&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue%20newsletter\" target=\"_blank\"><em>A Better Life for Half the Price<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>The World\u2019s Cheapest Destinations<\/em>. See\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nomadico.substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">past editions here,<\/a>\u00a0where your like-minded friends can subscribe and join you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nomadico issue #164<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13684,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[2385],"tags":[2386],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44551"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13684"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44551"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44552,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44551\/revisions\/44552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}