I found the author's commentary on their goals the most interesting part of the article: "We’d spent our careers working in schools and nonprofits with young i

I found the author's commentary on their goals the most interesting part of the article: "We’d spent our careers working in schools and nonprofits with young immigrants, and, ..., we had no intention of leaving a life of service behind. Above all, though, what we wanted was an environment in which we could spend a lot of time writing and afford to do it. But Ben had another non-negotiable of his own: proximity to surfing. ...but I supposed it was reasonable enough to design a dream life according to one’s actual dreams." They wanted to go to a different country for the adventure, to write in leisure and luxury, to surf, and to spread the good news of their superior insights and upbringing to uplift the natives. Reminds me of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_savior https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_savior