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  1. Hype for the Future 181D: Town of Gatesville, North Carolina

    Overview The Town of Gatesville is a community located in rural Gates County, North Carolina, and serves as the county seat. Located to the west of the Great Dismal Swamp, the county is home to the local Merchant’s Millpond State Park along the Route 158 corridor.

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  2. "Success will often depend on what you choose to ignore.” - Futurist Jim Carroll

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    Futurist Jim Carroll is writing a series, The Art of the Infinite Pivot, based on 36 lessons from his 36 years as a solo entrepreneur, working as a nomadic worker in the global freelance economy. The series is unfolding here, and at pivot.jimcarroll.com.
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    If you follow me, you will know I'm very big on not following big hype. Far too many trends are overplayed and overemphasized, and yet under-reach with unrealistic potential.

    Why is that? Because I've seen over and over and over again what happens when excessively hyped trends don't become real in the short term. But here's a fun fact - I also believe the observation by Bill Gates that we tend to overestimate the impact of a trend in the short term, but underestimate it's impact its impact in the long term.

    Which means timing is everything!

    So let's put this conundrum into perspective. Many of us are conditioned to believe that success is about absorption. More information, more networking, more trends, more hustle leads to more success - that type of thing. But my own voyage through the global economy has taught me that the opposite is true. As the world gets louder, your success doesn't depend on what you take in. It depends on what you ruthlessly exclude.

    The "Infinite Pivot" isn't just about moving toward the new; it's about knowing which 'new' to avoid, and when.

    Fast-moving trends can often be a powerful distraction. The buzz they generate It is a chaotic mix of breaking news, viral hype, and the promise of quick riches. But if you jump on too soon, you'll get burned. Too late, and you'll miss the opportunity. Did I mention timing is everything?

    There's also the aspect of how real any particular trend might be - and which should be ignored. The most profound shifts in my career happened when I finally built a "cognitive firewall" against trivial trends.

    In an era of infinite distraction, the person who can choose what not to care about is the only one who can truly see what's coming.

    Don't just filter the future.

    Manage your attention.

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    Futurist Jim Carroll has developed a well-honed skill for discovering and managing hype.

    **#Ignore** **#Focus** **#Hype** **#Timing** **#Subtraction** **#Clarity** **#Distraction** **#Noise** **#FOMO** **#Trends** **#Attention** **#Filter** **#Pivot** **#Freelance** **#Lessons** **#Consensus** **#Quiet** **#Opportunity** **#Strategic** **#Ruthless** **#Exclusion** **#Signal** **#Gates** **#Wisdom** **#Onwards**

    Original post: jimcarroll.com/2026/04/decodin

  3. It's NOT just #Trump / #Musk etc❕

    We the people need to give each other #freedom to talk deeper and be more human❕

    We solve people & perspectives better that way.

    #Mastodon can be togetherness despite being different.

    Currently we don't talk deeply.

    So we need to accept our imperfect others as we ALL hold pieces of puzzles for the whole to learn. #Ants

    Alone we get hunted / stagnate / distracted easily and it's a shame.

    (not just #Zuckerberg #Gates #Bezos)

    Talk! Me, you, we #Jitsi

  4. #Kuuntelusuositus:

    Kuuntelin juuri BBC Worldiltä Climate question -ohjelman, jossa oli vieraana Bill Gates.

    Mikä tekee hänestä ilmasto-optimistin? Entä mikä häntä pelottaa ilmastokriisin pysäyttämisen suhteen?

    bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct7025

    #ClimateQuestion #climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #ilmastokriisi #ilmastonmuutos #ilmasto #BillGates #Gates

  5. @zoe

    Ja, Ich bezweifele aber die Nachhaltigkeit.

    Das Kernproblem liegt einer politischen Unterlassung, unsere selbstverschuldete Entmündigung zu bekämpfen:

    Wir lassen es seit 40 Jahren zu, dass uns #Jobs, #Gates & Nachfolger von den Fakten im Quellcodes ihrer Monopolsoftware ausschließen.

    Mit dem Aufwachsen des #GAMAM-Oligopols haben wir auch die Kontrolle im sozialen und IoT-Bereich aufgegeben - mit krassen sozialen Konsequenzen!

    DMA, DSA, AI-Act, etc. sind Notnägel, aber nicht die Lösung!