Decoding Tomorrow: Your Daily Future Inspiration

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

Trends

Unsociable

the first social media generation seems to be rejecting social media going forward.

Latest stories

974 posts

Inspiration

Put In The Work!

The phrase is a good foundation for the reality of what happens when people try to get to the future without putting in the work, which relates to the core idea of the post I'll share tomorrow.

30 Megatrends

Megatrend #26 - The Great R&D Capital Reallocation

one of the most significant and yet most underappreciated trends of our time has to do with the fact that the very nature of scientific discovery has shifted

Agility

Volatility as the New Normal

We're more than halfway through 2025, and it's been a wild year for many. And if one thing is clear, it's pretty clear that nothing is clear.

Dancing in the Rain Book

Getting Out of Your Rut!

Here are 10 ways to get out of it

Inspiration

The Capacity for Inspiration!

I was inspired simply by reading my inspiration!

30 Megatrends

Megatrend #25 - Urban Reimagination

Cities are not just growing, they are evolving into integrated systems for food, energy, transportation, and living that function very differently from urban environments.