The Daily Inspiration

"Fictional utopias are usually just that!" - Futurist Jim Carroll We are living in the era of grand, sweeping tech utopian visions promoted by the technology titans of our time. Yesterday, this post by Marc Andreessen - that AI would eventually lead to some sort of future nirvana

"Broken trust? Broken futures." - Futurist Jim Carroll I didn't like season one. I sure as heck am not enjoying season 2. Anyway, while I'm doing my damndest to try to avoid the news, my trend news tracking service did bring up these comments

"Your biggest opportunity right now is to keep moving forward while others are going backward!" - Futurist Jim Carroll There's a pretty big divide between forward thinkers vs. backward movers. We are living through the era of a shift from progressive trends to regressive attitudes. On

“Sometimes, satire can become all too real” – Futurist Jim Carroll There’s no doubt that there might not be a lot of logical, rational stuff going on in the next few years. That’s why I keep stressing that volatility is the new normal. With that in mind, I can’

"It's easy to overpromise, but even easier to underdeliver" - Futurist Jim Carroll Nothing great is ever achieved when the gap between expectations and reality is never closed! Leaders can become trapped by their rhetoric - the more ambitious their promises, the more pressure they face

"On some days, focused distraction is the best action!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Sometimes, you just don't need to pay attention. You can choose not to tune in but you can drop out. Timothy Leary said that. This can be particularly important when you don'