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Megatrends One Year Later – #7: Energy Decentralization – What I Predicted, and What's Actually Happening
“The power plant of the future isn’t a smokestack. It’s all around your home.” - Futurist Jim Carroll One year ago, in July 2025, I published Megatrend #7: Energy Decentralization…
Megatrends One Year Later – #6: Electrification Revolution – What I Predicted, and What's Actually Happening
“The global power grid is being rewired. You can either argue about the old outlets or help connect the new ones.” - Futurist Jim Carroll One year ago, in July 2025, I published…
Megatrends One Year Later – #5: Knowledge Acceleration – What I Predicted, and What's Actually Happening
“It’s not what you know – it’s knowing what you need to know, and knowing how to know it!” - Futurist Jim Carroll One year ago, in June 2025, I published Megatrend #5: Knowledge…
Megatrends One Year Later – #4: Digital Twinning – What I Predicted, and What's Actually Happening
“With a digital twin, we don’t just envision the future; we build it, test it, and perfect it, long before it ever touches the real world.” - Futurist Jim Carroll One year ago, in…
Megatrends One Year Later – #3: Human Technology Integration – What I Predicted, and What's Actually Happening
“When technology and human biology merge, the boundaries of what medicine can achieve completely dissolve.” - Futurist Jim Carroll One year ago, in June 2025, I published…
Megatrends One Year Later – #2: Ambient Intelligence – What I Predicted, and What's Actually Happening
“AI is the invisible architect dissolving computing into the very fabric of our lives.” - Futurist Jim Carroll One year ago, in June 2025, I published Megatrend #2: Ambient…
Megatrends One Year Later – #1: Transformative AI – What I Predicted, and What's Actually Happening
“The only thing we know for certain about AI is that we don’t know exactly where we are going, but we are making great time.” - Futurist Jim Carroll One year ago, in June 2025, I…
Daily Inspiration: "Make it make sense? Nope. Not right now."
"Make it make sense? Nope. Not right now." - Futurist Jim Carroll We live in a time when countless numbers of otherwise rational, intelligent people are making decisions that are…
The Trends Scorecard: The Final Verdict - What 20+ Years of Predictions Taught Me
"You don't get to claim you can see the future if you're never willing to be graded on the past." — Futurist Jim Carroll Over the last little while I did something most futurists…
The Trends Scorecard: Golf - Grading My Predictions About the Future of the Game
"Tradition is what keeps golf worth playing. New players are what keep it alive." — Futurist Jim Carroll This is a special one in my Trends Scorecard series. Usually I grade the…
The Trends Scorecard: Financial Services & Banking - What I Predicted, and What Actually Happened
"The bank branch was never the point. The future of finance is code — and it's being written by everyone but the banks." — Futurist Jim Carroll This is part of my ongoing Trends…
The Trends Scorecard: Construction & Infrastructure - What I Predicted, and What Actually Happened
"The future of construction is intelligence made physical — smart materials, robotic precision, and data-driven design." — Futurist Jim Carroll This is the final entry in my…
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