Decoding Tomorrow: Your Daily Future Inspiration

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

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26 Principles for 2026 - #22 Boundary Divergence

In a linear world, we had "industries." Banks were banks. Car companies built cars. Hospitals treated patients. Competitors were the people who sold exactly what you sold. In an exponential world, these definitions are disappearing - because the boundaries that define an industry are disappearing.

26 Principles for 2026 - #22 Boundary Divergence

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