@evan It feels that way every time I talk to atproto developers, and some Fedi ones too (I was just on a call with WordPress, Leaflet, Offprint, and pckt last week about longform bridging). It feels that way when I have face-to-face 1-1s with atproto short-form apps that want to bridge with cross-promotion in tow. I can go on.
It's posts and threads like this that get visibility and skew the conversation in an unproductive direction.
I know I posted about this but can't find it -- but today I learned of the --human-numeric-sort option to the GNU "sort" command!
"sort -h" is smart about suffixes: it knows that 999K is less than 1M, and so on.
It's obviously designed to handle input from things like "du -h", which means
du -h | sort -h
does exactly what you want!
President Trump released his National Security Strategy this past weekend.
It includes a description of the national way forward, both in terms of foreign and domestic policy. The table of contents included an entry for each world region: including Asia, South America, the Middle East,Europe, & so on.
It’s about 30 pages long. It’s easy-to-read, well-organized, uses lay English.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2025-National-Security-Strategy.pdf
“Don’t worry about what everyone else is doing. Do what you need to do!” — — Futurist Jim Carroll
I’m in the final stretches of finishing off my Being Unique book, and it has been a project — I’m about 1 1/2 years into it, and in the meantime, released 3 other books! (Embracing Mediocrity, Escaping Mediocrity, and Dancing in the Rain!)
While the work is focused on the urgency of uniqueness as a strategic advantage, I realized I had left out a crucial part of the conversation: the human cost of being different.
Here’s where I am — the first ten chapters are mostly written, and are high-energy. They are the call to action, the blueprint, and the payoff: I cover some inspirational stories of unique people, give you the toolkit for unique thinking, and show you the economic rewards of niche skills in the global market. But what happens after the initial victory? How do you keep your uniqueness intact when the world is constantly pushing you back toward conformity?
You don’t just win the battle against conformity once; you have to fortify your uniqueness every single day.
And trust me, it’s a battle!
One of the first steps is not to worry about what everyone else is doing, what everyone else is telling you to do, what everyone else is giving you advice on.
It’s doing what you need to do.
With that in mind, I’ve decided to add a new chapter, which will be the penultimate chapter of the book: “Sustaining and Fortifying Uniqueness.” This chapter is the emotional and psychological scaffolding that the rest of the strategy rests upon. It transitions from the “how-to” to the “how-to-survive-long-term.”
Stay tuned!
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Being Unique will mark Jim’s 43rd or 44th book; he plans on going back and checking the math!
**#Unique** **#Different** **#Individuality** **#Authenticity** **#Persistence** **#Strategy** **#Fortitude** **#Focus** **#Independence** **#Sustain**
Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2025/11/decoding-tomorrow-daily-inspiration-dont-worry-about-what-everyone-else-is-doing-do-what-you-need-to-do/
“Don’t worry about what everyone else is doing. Do what you need to do!” — — Futurist Jim Carroll
I’m in the final stretches of finishing off my Being Unique book, and it has been a project — I’m about 1 1/2 years into it, and in the meantime, released 3 other books! (Embracing Mediocrity, Escaping Mediocrity, and Dancing in the Rain!)
While the work is focused on the urgency of uniqueness as a strategic advantage, I realized I had left out a crucial part of the conversation: the human cost of being different.
Here’s where I am — the first ten chapters are mostly written, and are high-energy. They are the call to action, the blueprint, and the payoff: I cover some inspirational stories of unique people, give you the toolkit for unique thinking, and show you the economic rewards of niche skills in the global market. But what happens after the initial victory? How do you keep your uniqueness intact when the world is constantly pushing you back toward conformity?
You don’t just win the battle against conformity once; you have to fortify your uniqueness every single day.
And trust me, it’s a battle!
One of the first steps is not to worry about what everyone else is doing, what everyone else is telling you to do, what everyone else is giving you advice on.
It’s doing what you need to do.
With that in mind, I’ve decided to add a new chapter, which will be the penultimate chapter of the book: “Sustaining and Fortifying Uniqueness.” This chapter is the emotional and psychological scaffolding that the rest of the strategy rests upon. It transitions from the “how-to” to the “how-to-survive-long-term.”
And as of today, it seems that the role model that will open the chapter will be… get ready … Lady Gaga! She’s the perfect model for being unique, the power of being unique, and what to do to guard your uniqueness!
The reality of being unique is that it comes with immense pressure, a heavy psychological toll, and difficult relationship dynamics. This new chapter will guide you through the three essential pillars for protecting your unique self
With that, I’m back into the grind of the book — most of the other chapters are already close to done, I need to write this, and then it goes to my wife for the sometimes complex process of editing.
Stay tuned!
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Being Unique will mark Jim’s 43rd or 44th book; he plans on going back and checking the math!
**#Unique** **#Different** **#Individuality** **#Authenticity** **#Persistence** **#Strategy** **#Fortitude** **#Focus** **#Independence** **#Sustain**
Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2025/11/decoding-tomorrow-daily-inspiration-dont-worry-about-what-everyone-else-is-doing-do-what-you-need-to-do/
My mom used to make this face and shoot finger guns at the TV whenever Trump came on.
It was her most relatable trait, honestly.
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