The Good News Network: Positive Stories 24/7 [Unofficial]Mouse with Severed Spinal Cord Recovers ‘Normal’ Movement After Potentially Revolutionary Treatment
TKSST • seethis.tv 🌈🪐✨💁🏻♀️ TIL: Engineers at #ETHZurich built microscopic #nanorobots – only six micrometers wide, smaller than a red blood #cell – that combine neural #stemcells with magnetic nanoparticles that generate electrical signals.
In #mice with severed spinal cords, the #bots stimulated nerve fibers to reconnect. After 28 days, the mice showed major improvements in walking and coordination. Human trials are still years away.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/health/nanorobot-spinal-injury/
#spine #medicine #engineering #neurotechnology #neuroscience #paralysis #nature #biotechnology #research
Dan Stafford#mwgic #2026 #paralysis #MS #Therapy? #Research
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260528082459.htm
Human organoids reveal how to reverse “irreversible” nerve damage
Cambridge researchers created miniature brain-and-spinal-cord systems in the lab that can send signals and even trigger tiny muscle contractions. They discovered that human neurons gradually lose their ability to regrow after damage during development — but that ability can potentially be switched back on. The team identified a gene network controlling this process and found that an existing hormone drug dramatically boosted nerve fiber regrowth.
Dave VolekSo Politically Paralyzed We Are
We dare not imagine . . .
https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=25&id=217
Technische Universität MünchenA research project at our university investigates how #BrainSignals can be translated into digital commands, aiming to enable people with #paralysis to interact with computers or #RoboticSystems: http://go.tum.de/611249
📷A. Eckert
Futurist Jim Carroll"Make difficult decisions sooner. (Even when you don't want to)" - 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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At one moment in time, I had Google Claude analyze the thousands of blog posts I've written since 2002, to try to come up with a list of the unique phrases I've come up with through the years. It came back with a massive list. and called them "Jim'isms." I'm pretty proud of the list, since these phrases often capture the essence of the ideas I share with my clients and readers.
The one I am proudest of is probably the one with which you are most familiar: "aggressive indecision." I coined it back in 2002 to describe the tendency among my clients to make the tough decisions that need to be made, particularly when uncertainty reigns.
And it led me to believe that the most dangerous words in any business or life are, "Let's wait and see."
When we wait, we fail. We might tell ourselves we are being prudent, being cautious, but usually, we are just being hesitant. In my 36-year voyage, I’ve learned that the difficulty of a decision doesn’t decrease with time: it only compounds. To stay ahead of the curve, you must learn to make difficult decisions sooner, especially when you don't want to.
Every successful pivot I’ve made in my career and business required me to cut ties with something comfortable but declining. Whether it was walking away from a stable career path or sunsetting a keynote topic that was still "doing okay," the hardest part identify8ing what I needed to do. It involved actually doing it.
As humans, we are engineered, it seems, to avoid the tough decisions. And yet often, that's the only way to get ahead!
The simple fact is this: if you wait until you are forced to make a decision, you aren't pivoting; you’re reacting.
Making decisions sooner -m even when you don't want to - is the antidote to aggressive indecision. Most organizations and people stay stuck because they treat difficult choices like a burden to be avoided rather than a strategic advantage to be seized. By making the tough call early, when you still have resources and momentum, you control the future to the extent you can. If you wait until your hand is forced, the market (or the crisis) controls you.
Don't let the weight of a difficult choice paralyze you.
Make the call.
Futurist Jim Carroll believes that 'aggressive indecision' is the root cause of most failure.
**#Decisions** **#AggressiveIndecision** **#Action** **#Courage** **#Sooner** **#Pivot** **#Leadership** **#Waiting** **#Momentum** **#Jimisms** **#Strategy** **#Tough** **#Paralysis** **#Control** **#Future** **#Freelance**
So Politically Paralyzed We Are
Why can't we fix this system?
https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=25&id=217
"Regret is far more expensive than failure" - 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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Most people and organizations are paralyzed by a single, haunting question: "What if I fail?"
They spend months (sometimes years) conducting risk assessments and feasibility studies, all designed to protect themselves from the sting of a mistake. They personally try to avoid risk, or in the case of companies, have entire risk management teams, whose goal is to minimize and eliminate risk. They insulate themselves from bold moves because they cannot bear to see things go wrong.
And in doing so, they miss out on a lot of opportunity - and come to regret it later.
What's worse? Trying to do something and seeing it go wrong? Or thinking back years later, "I should have tried to do it!"
In my own 36-year voyage, I’ve learned that the most dangerous risk isn't the pivot that goes wrong: it's the pivot that never happens. We need to stop obsessing over the cost of a "miss" and start focusing on the only question that truly matters: "What if I never try at all?"
Think of it this way: failure is a temporary setback but a valuable asset. You can learn from it, adjust, and pivot again. But the idea of never trying at all results in a permanent loss of potential. You don't learn and become stuck where you are, missing out on the chance to go where you should be going.
I’ve sat in boardrooms with legacy companies that are now obsolete, not because they made a bad bet, but because they were too afraid to place a bet at all. They chose the "safety" of the status quo, only to find that the status quo had moved on without them.
The Infinite Pivot isn't about being fearless; it’s about being more afraid of standing still than you are of moving forward. When you look back at your career or your company’s history a decade from now, you won't remember the small stumbles.
You will only remember the doors you were too scared to open.
Remember: the risk of the unknown is manageable.
But the cost of "what if" or "if only" is infinite.
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Futurist Jim Carroll believes that having a case of the 'if-only's' is worse than suffering from a case of the 'whoops!'
**#Regret** **#Failure** **#Risk** **#Action** **#TryAnyway** **#Pivot** **#Fear** **#Opportunity** **#Paralysis** **#Courage** **#Learning** **#StatusQuo** **#WhatIf** **#Bold** **#Decisions** **#Movement** **#Forward** **#Lessons** **#Freelance** **#Legacy** **#Potential** **#Doors** **#Standing** **#Moving** **#Onwards**
Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2026/04/decoding-tomorrow-the-infinite-pivot-series-11-regret-is-far-more-expensive-than-failure/
Karen Strickholm❤️💨🌳💨📢📢📢💨🌳💨❤️
Pneumonia AND sepsis!!
In midst of sending out last update (ĺink below), air got bad here in Albuquerque NM from huge fire. Came down with #pneumonia + #sepsis. In hospital now. 😞
Struck with extra medical bills, need help to cover ~$2,000. Thanks for nothing to the stinkin' Rs. Whatever you can toss in the pot, greatly appreciated. Links to contribute here.
https://mailchi.mp/ce406741f763/thecareandfeedingofyou
#HealthCare #BrainTumor #Paralysis #Recovery #NursingHome #LongTermCare
📣🥰📣 SUCCESS! 📣🥰📣
Victory, friends! One of the nastiest wounds has completely healed! My motto ~ Never, ever give up. 📣 YOU and your generous support are a huge part of this victory, and it has never been more needed. Please click link to give if you are able. Every little bit counts. Also some great links here. Much gratitude, Karen
#BrainTumor #Paralysis #Health #HealthCare #Recovery NursingHome #LongTermCare
