Once upon a time, the big idea was simple—work from anywhere! Thanks to technological advances, you didn't need to be tethered to your office desk to collaborate with coworkers (or swap memes with them). As long as you had your laptop and good Wi-Fi, you could be by the pool on a tropical island, drink in hand and a magnificent sunset in the background.
Smart, forward-thinking companies would recognize that talent could be found in the most unexpected places. Employees get to mix and match their work with the life they love. Governments would enable this with offers of special digital nomad visas. The whole world would become one big, friendly workplace.
Hold that thought. Before you swap suits for flip-flops, you should recognize that the future of work might not be what you pictured. An alternate future is taking shape, where geopolitics is shaping who works, the location of work and the type of work. Driven by national security concerns and a proclivity to support "their" companies at the expense of "others," some governments are reshaping the future of work.
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