The article mentions it at the end, Shapiro is best buddies with Mark Zuckerberg. That's something not everybody can replicate.

Mark Zuckerberg has no best buddies, and if you think the likes of Reid Hoffman aren't best friends with Mark, then you are willfully ignoring the reality.

Great comment.

I agree that companies would much rather do the exploiting and leave exploration to the government.

Why Xoom? Isn’t it a PayPal money remittance service, or did you mean Zoom?

How long? 2

What? Years

So 2 years.

Or 2 write “months” if 2 months, or “projects” if 2 projects.

Was it @feross?

Somebody described Singapore as "Disneyland with the Death Penalty". It's good for those with a deep love for the rule of law.

William Gibson, I think.

Bangkok, Thailand. One of the 3 digital nomad meccas of the world (along with Chiang Mai and Bali)

It's not about hoarding organs. If you are an exact match for some wealthy person on a transplant waitlist you might legitimately fear for your safety.

Shopify released a mobile app recently for this exact purpose.

...but only for stores using Shopify as their ecom platform. That misses A LOT of what's out there, probably 75% or more.

Is their data public? The US publishes this data about their senators but I’m not sure if the UK does as well