Bucking trends of rising nationalism, services like Airbnb and BlaBlaCar still find success across 190+ countries, with total strangers sharing homes and cars (Roger Cohen/New York Times)

Roger Cohen / New York Times:
Bucking trends of rising nationalism, services like Airbnb and BlaBlaCar still find success across 190+ countries, with total strangers sharing homes and cars  —  The nation state is trumpeted.  The nation state is redundant.  —  I was chatting earlier this year with Brian Chesky, the co-founder and chief executive of Airbnb.

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