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title: "Screen Thoughts #5: “Exponentiating knowledge, the economics of solar, and a flat-earth astronaut!”"
canonical: https://jimcarroll.com/2021/01/screen-thoughts-5-exponentiating-knowledge-the-economics-of-solar-and-a-flat-earth-astronaut/
updated: 2021-10-26T11:50:33+00:00
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# Screen Thoughts #5: “Exponentiating knowledge, the economics of solar, and a flat-earth astronaut!”

***Screen Thoughts!***

A short daily email from Futurist Jim Carroll on trends and other stuff.

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**Fraud is in the news!**

*Phantom ads are a thing*!

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**Growing up!**

*Season 1 was a bit of a wash!*

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**The Exponentiation of Knowledge**

*From 8 years to 73 days*

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**The Economics of Solar**

*Put this trend out 10 years!*

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**The Economics of Solar Part 2**

*New Technologies Behind the Trends*

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**Tesla Makes a Splash!**

*Still a tiny ripple in a big pond!*

*(But expanding fast!)*

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**Truth!**

*2021 in a nutshell!*https://jimcarroll.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Covid-Digital-Transformation.png

**The Power in Peppers**

*Get spicy!*

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**Moment of Zen**

*Flat Earth Astronaut!*

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