> By the time I was 18 I had lived in five countries across three different continents
You are not a data point though.
You think your experience is universal, it is not, people don't like to take kids around the 5 continents and see them losing all their friends everytime, change school everytime, be away from their family etc. etc.
It's very stressful for every family, especially for kids.
My nephew would be inconsolable if she was separated from her grandparents.
I bet your dad works in the military, there's a reason why not many people want to do that job.
I also bet your mother stayed home.
I am not saying kids cannot survive it, there are kids who survived alone in the jungle, I am saying that it's something people do consider as a reason to settle down.
Because people usually make choices based on what is best for their families, when they have one, and usually the most important part is not putting kids through something they are unprepared for if it's not an absolute necessity.
Doesn't mean it never happens, it means it usually doesn't.
Imagine that one of the main theories on why hunter gatherers settled down and started farming is that by settling down they could involve elders and children in food production. Because kids and elders cannot go hunting or walk for tens of kms to gather food. It basically bootstrapped civilizations as we know them.
It's something we've been doing for tens of thousands of years, it's not new.
Also, we're not talking about "digital nomads" that is just a fancy term to describe "rich westerners constantly on holiday on their very expensive van"
> and familiarity with a variety of mindsets, languages, and cultures.
that does not involve moving constantly.
I too have family and friends all over the World, nothing special about that in 2023.
> There are durable social apparatuses that do not hinge on close blood relations for the elderly to be supported.
You mean I should not care about people who cared about me and loved me when I was a kid?
I am not a monster.
Do you know that when he was a kid Hitler too moved a lot, because his dad didn't care much about his well being?
You are not a data point though.
You think your experience is universal, it is not, people don't like to take kids around the 5 continents and see them losing all their friends everytime, change school everytime, be away from their family etc. etc.
It's very stressful for every family, especially for kids.
My nephew would be inconsolable if she was separated from her grandparents.
I bet your dad works in the military, there's a reason why not many people want to do that job.
I also bet your mother stayed home.
I am not saying kids cannot survive it, there are kids who survived alone in the jungle, I am saying that it's something people do consider as a reason to settle down.
Because people usually make choices based on what is best for their families, when they have one, and usually the most important part is not putting kids through something they are unprepared for if it's not an absolute necessity.
Doesn't mean it never happens, it means it usually doesn't.
Imagine that one of the main theories on why hunter gatherers settled down and started farming is that by settling down they could involve elders and children in food production. Because kids and elders cannot go hunting or walk for tens of kms to gather food. It basically bootstrapped civilizations as we know them.
It's something we've been doing for tens of thousands of years, it's not new.
Also, we're not talking about "digital nomads" that is just a fancy term to describe "rich westerners constantly on holiday on their very expensive van"
> and familiarity with a variety of mindsets, languages, and cultures.
that does not involve moving constantly.
I too have family and friends all over the World, nothing special about that in 2023.
> There are durable social apparatuses that do not hinge on close blood relations for the elderly to be supported.
You mean I should not care about people who cared about me and loved me when I was a kid?
I am not a monster.
Do you know that when he was a kid Hitler too moved a lot, because his dad didn't care much about his well being?