Futurist Jim Carroll<p>"You need a thinking queue!" - Futurist Jim Carroll</p><p>Now that I've finished my Megatrends series, I can move on to the other ideas that are on my list.</p><p>Let's start here. One of the most popular blogs, and one of the longest running, is Seth's Blog.</p><p>Running for a long time, he's an iconoclast who offers up thoughts on everything from leadership to culture to knowledge to teamwork to creativity and marketing. With millions of followers, he's the original 'original thinker.' (In fairness, both he and I started around the same time in 2002!)</p><p>And for a long time, the image on his site was just an upper picture of his head - his mind, his thinking machine, his creative engine. Or, we might think, his thinking queue.</p><p>A thinking queue? That's the phrase recently shared with me by a good friend over in Australia. She had asked me a science and career-related question regarding one of the posts I had just written in my Megatrends series. I promised to get back to her with a detailed response, probably once I got through writing the series. (And I will now probably get around to it Monday or Tuesday next week.)</p><p>In my response, I noted that I had an entire list of ideas and issues and topics and stories, and inspirations I'm always thinking about for my blog - this Daily Inspiration series, which you follow - and that I would add it to the list. That way, I could ponder the issue in my mind over time while I'm busy with other things, along with all the other thoughts and ideas, and issues I'm thinking about. </p><p>She responded, "I think it's great you've got a thinking queue!".</p><p>And with that, the very idea and importance and concept of a 'thinking queue' became another item in my 'thinking queue!' In my queue, I've got a whole list of trends, news reports, daily inspiration ideas, innovation thoughts, client stories, and so much more floating around up there. I'm always, somehow or other, thinking about all these things at one moment or another. It's a pretty busy queue! In that way, my queue is my way of managing the space I live within.</p><p>Here's the thing - all of us should have a thinking queue. </p><p>Here's why!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.futurist.info/tags/Thinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Thinking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.futurist.info/tags/Queue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Queue</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.futurist.info/tags/Ideas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ideas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.futurist.info/tags/Knowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Knowledge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.futurist.info/tags/Information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Information</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.futurist.info/tags/Learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Learning</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.futurist.info/tags/Management" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Management</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.futurist.info/tags/Empowerment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Empowerment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.futurist.info/tags/Growth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Growth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.futurist.info/tags/Innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Innovation</span></a></p><p>Original post: <a href="https://jimcarroll.com/2025/08/decoding-tomorrow-your-daily-future-inspiration-creativity-knowledge-you-need-a-thinking-queue/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jimcarroll.com/2025/08/decodin</span><span class="invisible">g-tomorrow-your-daily-future-inspiration-creativity-knowledge-you-need-a-thinking-queue/</span></a></p>
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100 Tips for a Better Life via LessWrong [Shared]
The other day I made an advice thread based on Jacobian’s from last year! If you know a source for one of these, shout and I’ll edit it in.
Possessions
1. If you want to find out about people’s opinions on a product, google <product> reddit. You’ll get real people arguing, as compared to the SEO’d Google results.
2. Some banks charge you $20 a month for an account, others charge you 0. If you’re with one of the former, have a good explanation for what those $20 are buying.
https://welchwrite.com/blog/2025/08/13/100-tips-for-a-better-life-via-lesswrong-shared/
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@alcinnz @kevinrns (2/2) #patents expire at like 10 years and are ment for #inventions, while #copyright is ment for #thoughts and #ideas and can be eazier to profit from than inventions , cause you dont need to persuade buyers of your invention's effectiveness, your thoughts just need to be appealing. So, im arguing for a #copyrightexpirationdate set at maximum 25 years
100 Little Ideas via Collaborative Fund [Shared]
A list of ideas, in no particular order and from different fields, that help explain how the world works.
https://welchwrite.com/blog/2025/08/11/100-little-ideas-via-collaborative-fund-shared/
Australia needs a new culture of risk in business — Capital Brief https://www.byteseu.com/1256824/ #Australia #economy #ideas
In school, we are taught that an ideal perfect Black Body doesn't exist, but in reality, a Black Hole is an example of an ideal perfect Black Body.
My online creative endeavors with #scoopz #youtube and #writing really are examples of making the most with what you have.
I do it with a phone I got from the gov, headphones I've had for years, and free versions of #editing platforms for both #photography and #video.
Then a few convenience items like a stand I got with donations, as well as #ideas inspired by what I've seen, and liked myself.
I was #homeless when I started.
Yet here you are with me, and you can do this too.
You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother.
— Albert Einstein
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This is an open problem we're actively thinking about for #EuroSciPy2026. How can we best ensure a fair, blind review? We're open to #ideas from the #Community!
Hi guys, any thought on this project?
https://founder-hub-waitlist.vercel.app/
#HackerNews #Hi #guys #any #thought #on #this #project? #Founder #Hub #Project #Feedback #Ideas #Community
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Overthink: https://pod.link/1538249280
— is a lively and accessible #philosophy #podcast hosted by professors Dr. Ellie Anderson (Pomona College) and Dr. David Peña-Guzmán (San Francisco State University). Together, they bring academic rigor and personal warmth to discussions that connect timeless #philosophical #ideas with contemporary #culture.
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From incandescent's dim glow
To halogen's efficient brightness
And now LED's blinding rays
We still cannot see clearly
All that we want in the darkness
#MastoPrompt - halogen
The Birth-Rate Crisis Isn't as Bad as You've Heard–It's Worse
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/06/birth-rate-population-decline/683333/
#HackerNews #BirthRateCrisis #PopulationDecline #TheAtlantic #Ideas #2025 #News
The Atlantic · The Birth-Rate Crisis Is Even Worse Than You've Heard
The Birth-Rate Crisis Isn't as Bad as You've Heard–It's Worse
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/06/birth-rate-population-decline/683333/
#HackerNews #BirthRateCrisis #PopulationDecline #TheAtlantic #Ideas #2025 #News
The Atlantic · The Birth-Rate Crisis Is Even Worse Than You've Heard
The Birth-Rate Crisis Isn't as Bad as You've Heard–It's Worse
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/06/birth-rate-population-decline/683333/
#HackerNews #BirthRateCrisis #PopulationDecline #TheAtlantic #Ideas #2025 #News
The Atlantic · The Birth-Rate Crisis Is Even Worse Than You've Heard
Given that I want to target i486 with @OS1337 but don't want to deal with obsolete hardware that is dying of old age, I think it's more fitting to consider a sort-of mainboard to shove some 486SX-SOM with PC/104-Plus on and have the few necessities hooked up to it. Maybe even put it inside a THINN #Pizzabox-style #case?
It would also make a new "bridge" machine to interface old PCI & ISA hardware and allow connecting i.e. a #QuadFlop and roll with that...
https://github.com/OS-1337/tiny486
Thoughts, @rasteri @polpo @TechTangents @lazygamereviews @foone ??
Some #ideas how #art and #streetart can be used in #subversive movemenets and oposition to #fascism and #dictatorships : https://justseeds.org/street-art-and-social-movements/
Justseeds · Street Art and Social Movements - JustseedsSo, here is the English version of the article I had published in Zapruder magazine. This is a much longer version, very much still in process. I’d love to hear... Read More »
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