A solution towards the housing and homeless crisis, in First Second and Third World countries, while diminishing landfill plastic mountains and oceans of trash? Plastic bricks made by PLAEX are an innovative construction material developed in Canada. These bricks are made from about 90% recycled plastic and aggregate waste, offering…

SCALE is EVERYTHING. RELATIONSHIPS are everything. Insider knowledge is everything. As a Founder or Inventor—you DO need to consider this. 100% of Zero, is zero. __________ Harry Tottman If you’re building a startup and not using these 10 resources, you’re making things 10x harder than they need to be. Rubén…

Wages have increased 109% between the year 2000 and today. When adjusted for inflation, it’s still a 17% increase in buying power.  The state by state comparison can be quite ugly, thus forcing some economic migration for certain. __________ Brent R. Mekosh CFP®, CEPA®, CIMA® 🏡 Home Prices: 2000 vs. 2025…

“The artist formally known as Artificial Intelligence”, is better named Augmented Intelligence. AI is the forcing function, probably doubling the nation’s power consumption.  And so it begins with SMNR, small modular nuclear reactors — the only known solution, if a nation wants to fully utilize Augmented Intelligence,… More here: https://lnkd.in/eSs_7i92 __________…

1) Generate electricity via automobile and truck weight/momentum? 2) “Read the room” emotional intelligence for remote meetings and classrooms? ✅ We patented both a decade ago, and before COVID. Obvious, right? Yeah. So much in business, commerce, and science is way more obvious than we imagine! “The obvious is that which is…

The first ever advertisement for an automobile. Kind of a bargain actually since $1,000 in 1898 is roughly $38,700 today. Henry Ford was a decade later. A two-wheeled carriage, horse‑drawn buggy in 1898 also cost about $1,000. U.S. home construction cost in 1898 was $2,000–$4,000, about the value of two…

Jensen Huang. He turned $600 into the most valuable company in the history of the world, at $4Trillion. His goal? To “torture into greatness“ the best people he can find. His words! As of 2025, the ten largest companies in the world by market capitalization are: Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon,…

My intuition is pretty good. I patented remote collaboration emotional intelligence THREE YEARS before COVID. (InspireMeCollaboration.com) JENSEN IS EXACTLY RIGHT. What should the next generation be preparing for? Where will the jobs and the breakthroughs be? Here it is: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says that if he were a 20-year-old…

And the Dubai Sheikh, just down the road from Abu Dhabi, is super-impressive in his own rite. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum is a powerful and visionary Ruler of Dubai, as well as the UAE’s Vice President and Prime Minister. He has transformed Dubai into a global powerhouse (the…

You don’t suppose the guy with the real Camera could have allowed the children to borrow it for a second? 😎 See post on LinkedIn

These summer days are the shortest in human history. Do you remember in primary school, or on your family summer vacation, how the days and summer months “went by so fast”? Now they actually are. Perhaps because of the earth’s core slowing for an unknown reason, or perhaps because of…

That’s CRAZY!!!! The world’s toughest job interview! __________ Michal Ukropec Are your kids using your vacuum cleaner nicely? No? No worries, when you see these Dyson tests, you will understand that the “patience” of your vacuum is much bigger than yours with the kids 😉 Credit – Dyson See post on LinkedIn

The likelihood of 40% to 100% additional load on an aging grid fired by fossil fuels primarily, and the inefficiency and toxic manufacturing and short lifespan toxic disposal necessary for wind and solar… make the likelihood of micro-grids and small modular nuclear reactors, SMNR, quite high probability. See more here:…

None of us have it all together, but altogether we have it all.— Yesu “No matter how smart you are, if you don’t know how to work with people, your dreams will just be dreams.” — Jack Ma “A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you…

“If something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are against you.” (Elon Musk) This begs the question, is Golf important? 🙂 Apparently, it is: https://lnkd.in/eZa-Xgur Ben Hogan said… Watch video See post on LinkedIn

“Understanding physics“ has been one of the downfalls of AI until now. Kind of a Richard Feynman thing. The solution isn’t “understanding physics,” per se, but an astronomically large data set of humans interacting with the physical world. This would be the working theory anyway. __________ Linas BeliūnasTeaching robots how…

1. Tom Brady (7x Super Bowl Champion) “Why do I have three Super Bowl rings and still think there’s something greater out there for me? … I think: God, it’s got to be more than this. I mean, this isn’t, this can’t be all it’s cracked up to be.”— Interview…

“It’s hard to do a really good job on anything you don’t think about in the shower.“ – Paul Graham “Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.”— Aristotle “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.”— Steve Jobs “When love and skill work…

Political Science vs. Actual Science: Would politics EVER hide information? A Flash Flood of Questions “Scientific consensus is that there is no credible evidence linking recent flash flooding in Dubai, Texas, or New York City to cloud seeding or weather modification efforts.” “Extreme flooding events are overwhelmingly attributed by experts…

I’m going to guess it’s more than “the kids“ that need this level of explanation 🙂 __________ Andrew BolisHow AI really works in very simple terms. Explained to kids (but useful for everyone). We use AI daily in apps, maps, messages, and content. Yet most people think it’s magic or…

Clarity I wish I had trusted at age 15… __________ Matt Gray Harsh truth I wish I knew at 18: Getting a degree is a complete waste of time.  I’ve built different businesses without ever needing mine. Skip the degree and learn these 27 sentences instead: 1. A confused mind…

Anything your experiences would lead you to believe should be added here? __________ Eric Partaker 90% of negotiations are won before anyone sits down. (The other 10% is just theater.) Yet most CEOs walk in knowing only what they want. Not what the other side can’t live without. Here’s what…

Surprisingly, in Arabic (and Persian, Farsi, Urdu, and Dari)… the word for Forgiven and the word for Free — ARE THE SAME WORD. Who doesn’t need and desire forgiveness and freedom? There is rich overlap between the two. This amazing insightful Arabic word that means both forgiveness and freedom is…

What are the potential negative side effects of the new AI rules in Europe to be implemented by 2026: If your model influences a hiring process, a credit score, a medical recommendation, or a regulatory filing – it’s no longer a allowed. Is the EU bent on the destructive components…

Young people, choosing a career just got a lot easier! I’m going to go out on a limb and say “Meta and Zuckerberg don’t see AI as a passing fad.” However, as in any field, you will need to work hard to be the best the best the best! __________…

And these are just the ones we are allowed to know about! __________ Mind Bending Physics The world’s fastest aircraft in the world 🌎 See post on LinkedIn

Do you have a trailer park of your own? See post on LinkedIn

Manufacturing jobs offer higher wages and more job security by far than the hospitality industry. This is an important breakthrough, and the right kind of jobs to return to the country. Somebody’s gotta make the stuff! Perspective and imagination are essential to leadership: Barack Obama in a 2016 town hall…

1. Pitch Storytelling Definition:Using a narrative structure to emotionally and logically engage the listener by telling a compelling story around your product, mission, team, or problem/solution. Purpose:To make the pitch memorable, relatable, and persuasive by appealing to the audience’s emotions and imagination. Characteristics: • Begins with a problem, introduces a hero…

Fanboys and Haters. They aren’t different. (I originally intended this for startup founders, who are often surprised by the attention they get as their companies grow, but it applies equally to anyone else who is well-known or influential beyond mediocrity in their field.) As your visibility grows, you may encounter…

Just as the early “Internet“ was “online company brochures” and cat videos, we are beginning to see AI use-cases as far more than a recipe for Hungarian goulash, or an enhanced search engine. __________ Nathan Beckord  Think ChatGPT is just for content? Arto Yeritsyan used it to match with perfect investors and…

There has never been a more important Artificial Intelligence discovery post than this, to date. The only true statistical non-lemmings apparently are those who Breathe and Live in a different ecosystem and DNA than the current age and world system.  Everyone else, get ready to be absolutely totally manipulated by…

Why are man-made religions, rituals, clergy, and attendance-based ceremonies considered a superstitious emotional pacifier for the weak, by many intelligent people, at my beloved Harvard and elsewhere? In a way only Princeton‘s and MIT‘s Feynman could, one of the smartest men ever born, Richard points out that academia, mathematics, or…

Since we’ve had the privilege of working with many of the top GCs in the US, consider RenascentDemo.com and RenascentDC.com for your next “New Beginning” (Renaissance/Renascent).  Renascent is the Demolition Contractor of choice, again and again, for multiple projects of Residence Halls, the Science Building and the B-School on the University of Tennessee main…

Leo Tolstoy: “The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of…

New beginnings at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. We are in the early stages of demolishing Melrose Hall, the first step to something greater. Stay tuned here for progress updates. Safely getting it done just a brick’s throw away from the historic Neyland Stadium. See post on LinkedIn

Pardon the French – but this young man has a powerful future in any endeavor he could choose. See post on LinkedIn

France Social Housing: “One word could sum up what social housing creates in the long run: hopelessness. One of the biggest things that I remember is the very real and tangible stigma of living in the “Zup” (“Priority Urbanization Zone”, ie social housing). People knew you were “dependent on handouts”…

Sometimes all you need is 20 seconds of insane courage; literally just 20 seconds of embarrassing bravery. Step up. It will change your life and others. There will be 100 people who have a theory and an excuse — for every one who will actually step up. Be that one.…

Just a reminder that “modern society” complacency is probably a bad idea! If this is the “ladder getting shorter” while it bubbles, it is likely 2500°F minimum. Ouch. The composite nature of a concrete sidewalk probably couldn’t react this way at any temperature. So if it’s not the aluminum ladder,…

Eric Partaker BOOOOOOM. Thank you for the insightful commentary and chart. It’s going to save some folks from major strategy errors! “The painful truth? Wrong money compounds faster than no money. The founder who bootstrapped for two extra years?She still owns her company. (“100% of nothing” – for lack of scale…

You don’t under-staaa-yannnnnd! You’re not listening! “My” truth is how I feeeeeeeeel. Respect that, or you’re judging me, and you’re a bigot! Or maybe a bigot-phobe, if that’s a thing? Watch video See post on LinkedIn

“On Thursday at the Stade Charléty in Paris, Faith Kipyegon ran the fastest recorded mile ever for a woman, stopping the clock in 4:06.42. Although she fell short of her goal and the performance won’t count as an official record since it used male pacers and unapproved spikes, it is…

Is this a lack of imagination or what?! 😎 Francis of Assisi was hoeing his garden when someone asked what he would do if he were suddenly to learn that he would die before sunset that very day.“I would finish hoeing my garden,” he replied.  See post on LinkedIn

There are a few better ways to grow as a person than to learn from those who have actually done something with their lives, rather than just talked about it, or theorize or judge or debate. Whether these are the right biographies or not, you can decide. Who do you…

AI agents teaching AI how to do our workflow. __________ Khizer Abbas This guy literally teaches how to automate 80% of your work using AI agents in one 5-hour video. Here’s the breakdown: 1. AI agents = workflows, not prompts ➤Tools like N8N let you chain together AI + apps(ChatGPT…

If we are paying attention, life “lays bare the motives of the heart.“ Business, family, life and love: perhaps Motives matter more than Results, sometimes? Just a parable to illustrate, from a distance running career… Is a full-out KICK, that relentless sprint at the end of a 10K, Mile, or…