Decoding Tomorrow: Your Daily Future Inspiration

Thoughts, stories and ideas about tomorrow from Futurist Jim Carroll. Sent each workday since August 2016.

Tuesday Unfiltered: The Serenity Prayer, Tariff Rage, and Knowing When Not to Post

Every morning, I open the news and encounter another statement, tariff announcement, threat, insult, provocation, bizarre claim, or astonishing bit of political theatre coming out of the United States.

Tuesday Unfiltered: The Serenity Prayer, Tariff Rage, and Knowing When Not to Post

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Waste More Time!

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The Reality of Trends

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Exponential Change

Exponential Change

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Bend Your Mind

Make your imagination matter more."

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AI and the Peak of Inflated Expectations.

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Tuesday Unfiltered: The Serenity Prayer, Tariff Rage, and Knowing When Not to Post

Tuesday Unfiltered: The Serenity Prayer, Tariff Rage, and Knowing When Not to Post

Every morning, I open the news and encounter another statement, tariff announcement, threat, insult, provocation, bizarre claim, or astonishing bit of political theatre coming out of the United States.

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Why Canada Wins: I Asked “Where’s the Growth?” in 2009.

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Sobriety

Sobriety

This is the last Daily Inspiration. There will be much more inspiration to come.

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Today

Today

It’s the only part of the timeline you get to touch.

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Words That Matter

Words That Matter

Something strange happens when you put a thought into the world every single morning.

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Steps

Steps

You don’t reinvent yourself at the moment of crisis. You reinvent yourself in all the unremarkable days that follow it.

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