Concept of digital nomad: fundamental risks of digital economy development

Abstract

Objective: to identify the key risks of the digital economy development.Methods: abstract-logical and dialectical methods.Results: a modern individual cannot imagine their life without digital devices which facilitate their functioning and enable them to be included into the virtual space. The role of digital economy in the changes in all spheres of human life is analyzed in the article. With the growing role of the digital economy, the approaches to business models formation are changing, as well as the role of digital assets. This also leads to the transformation of human behavior, the new risks of the digital economy accelerated development. In this regard, the article characterizes an individual as a digital nomad, defines the features of their behavior in the socio-economic environment, and highlights the main risks that arise in connection with digital nomadism. It is determined that one of the most characteristic features of a modern person is hyper-mobility, e-parkourism. In addition, the paper describes the problems of anonymity in virtual space and the emergence of systems that provide anonymity of the individual, as well as the risks arising in connection with that. The problem of lack of culture and value systems in the virtual space is highlighted, as well the problem of developing contradictions in information, leading to the alienation of people from the real world. It was determined that the informatization of economy, on the one hand, leads to faster business processes, reduced transaction costs, saving of variable costs due to robotization of production, and on the other hand, it leads to the transformation of competition, growth of tension in society in connection with the job cuts. Another problem is personal and national security, associated with the development of social networks, the developers of which are other countries, and also with the emergence of mechanisms of influence on mass consciousness. Scientific novelty: it is shown that the risks posed by intensive development of the digital economy are associated mainly with the socio-cultural factors and a new form of identity - digital nomadism. The mechanisms are proposed, by which it is possible to overcome some of the identified risks.Practical significance: dialectical understanding of the digital nomadism will provide a basis for further research, as well as reduce the level of uncertainty for economic actors operating under the described conditions.

Keywords

• цифровая экономика
• электронный кочевник
• модернизация
• риски
• сети
• поведенческие барьеры
• экономический рост
• занятость
• электронный паркуризм