Portfolio
I craft stories and strategies that examine internet culture, global systems, and the new frontiers shaping how we live and work. I'm powered by a literary operating system that I’ve cultivated since childhood—including starting a (paper) second brain at age five.
Below are some highlights from my experiments and adventures across newsletters, policy papers, interviews, essays, social media, and more.
💌 Borderless
- Built this weekly curated newsletter from scratch to 80K+ subscribers (50% open rate).
- We handpick the best links to help you navigate the quirks of working on the internet and living across borders.
Lauren Razavi
Popular Editions 👀
🏛️ Plumia Policy Paper
- A detailed blueprint for establishing a protocol for migration in the age of remote work, made in collaboration with a former diplomat who is also an Iranian refugee.
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🎬 Live Interviews
I enjoy hosting in-depth conversations that unpack complex ideas around global mobility, governance innovation, and the internet’s impact on society.
Interintellect Salon with Mark Lutter 🎙️
✍️ Essays
I’ve published over 500 essays online, exploring technology, identity, and the social web through a systems lens:
- Minimum Viable State (awarded a crypto bounty by Balaji Srinivasan) – How to build new global infrastructure and radically rethink governance, citizenship, and belonging for a borderless world.
Global Natives 🌐
I write weekly longform essays on globalisation, internet culture, and what it means to belong.
- The Freedom Trap: Why Escaping the System Won’t Set You Free – On the biggest myth of borderless living.
- Cosmopolitanism vs. Displacement: Running From Where We Came From – What if freedom was exile in disguise?
🌟 Earned Media
As a former journalist turned subject, I understand what makes a compelling story, who should tell it, and where it should live.
- The Dream of an ‘Internet Country’ That Would Let You Work From Anywhere (TIME)
- The Company Where Every Employee Earns the Same (Wired)
- The Secrets of Zoku (Monocle Radio: The Entrepreneurs)
📱 Social Media
- Make it exist, then functional, then effective (Notes)
- Remote work tip/complaint (Twitter / X)
- How do you deal with the mortality of your parents? (Reddit)
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