After Capitalism Shift #9: The Future Is Local. It is striking how many of the After Capitalism concepts have a local approach. The shift to local, distributed, and decentralized, is a top ten global trend that comes up in almost every project we work on. www.andyhinesight.com/after-capita...

We all think about the future. But futurists do it in a more structured way. This Livewell podcast w/ Wendy Slusser of UCLA explores questions of what it's like to be a futurist -- very timely given the growing interest in the future and futurists. www.andyhinesight.com/podcast-ever...

Abundance doesn't mean more stuff. Nonetheless the best-selling argument of Klein and Thompson's Abundance is that we need grow and build our way out of the problems created by ... growing and building. www.andyhinesight.com/abundance-do...

How do futurists use guiding images to imagine the future? In this short video, we explore what guiding images are and why they matter -- with examples of how change-makers use them. www.andyhinesight.com/how-guiding-...

In times of difficulty or crisis, people tend to look backward to the known for comfort, rather than forward for change. How can we as futurists create ideas about where we we might be going ... that look more compelling than the ideas of where we have been? www.andyhinesight.com/making-the-f...

In After Capitalism, The Circular Commons image describes a move away from private approaches to social, political, and economic commons, as part of re-balancing our priorities from personal accumulation to collective well-being. www.andyhinesight.com/after-capita...

Unlock better foresight skills in just 5 minutes! After decades of working with orgs, I see the same scanning mistakes -- even among pros. Check out my new video: “7 Tips for Better Scanning.” Are you guilty of any? Watch & test your future-thinking game! www.andyhinesight.com/7-steps-for-...

A post-work future is coming! It is looked at w/ fear and trepidation. Full employment is an unquestioned goal. Wrong goal! Within the context of capitalism, this backwards thinking makes sense, since jobs = survival. But it's changing! www.andyhinesight.com/after-capita...

I'm surprised by how many references there still are to “there are no alternatives to capitalism.” More and more ideas are emerging about alternatives to capitalism, e.g., Circular Commons, Non-Workers Paradise, and Tech-Led Abundance. www.andyhinesight.com/there-are-al...

Much of the work looking at alternatives to capitalism focuses on fixing past wrongs. Understandable, but a danger is we end up recycling used futures. After Capitalism advocates shifting our focus to creating and building new futures (with the past in mind). www.andyhinesight.com/after-capita...

Q3 '25 check-in on what the signals are saying regarding After Capitalism. Might the Left find common ground with the Right? More degrowth signals with limitarianism, the academic version of Enoughness. And of course, more escapism, this time seasteading. www.andyhinesight.com/after-capita...

Peter Hayward has been doing the amazing Futurepod podcast for the last several years. He had me back on Episode 228 to talk about what's happened with After Capitalism since it came out this year (updating our initial chat 3 years ago on Episode 149). www.andyhinesight.com/after-capita...

Finally got to the brilliant Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World by Jason Hickel. A most worthy edition to the ecosystem of ideas emerging re: After Capitalism. It is a take-down. Not my approach, but healthy ecosystems are comprised of variety. www.andyhinesight.com/how-degrowth...

From Growth to Degrowth is #5 of the top 10 shifts for After Capitalism. The challenge: Growth is practically sacrosanct. It's a fundamental myth-metaphor of human existence. Degrowth invites questioning looks and ridicule. But, there is good news... www.andyhinesight.com/after-capita...

Talking about images of post-capitalist futures Foresight student and chronicler-of-the-future extraordinaire Tristan Markwell on “what’s happened with the After Capitalism topic since the book launch …sliced up into a series of short video topics: www.andyhinesight.com/talking-abou...

After Capitalism Shift 3: From Scarcity to Abundance. Capitalism says we need to support entrepreneurs and the tech sector to stimulate the path to abundance. because there is not enough. Let’s stop right there. There is enough. www.andyhinesight.com/after-capita...

The After Capitalism plot is thickening with a nice review of the book, but perhaps more interesting is it came from someone specializing in post-growth finance. Who knew? www.andyhinesight.com/post-growth-...

The “dominion over nature” view aligns with modern values — winning, achieving, conquering … no matter the cost. The After Capitalism view, supported by integral and postmodern values is of stewardship .. using nature’s bounty in a regenerative way. www.andyhinesight.com/after-capita...

Hopefully, Techno-Capitalism, which amplifies the worst features of capitalism will quietly fade away. In After Capitalism, Tech-Led Abundance's core argument is moving from a scarcity to an abundance mindset and redistribution of that abundance. www.andyhinesight.com/tech-led-abu...

Tristan Markwell reviews Imagining After Capitalism. Crisp summary of the images and the book: an essential reference for understanding how positive images of the future relate to one another, how we might get to them, and what dangers we may have to navigate. www.andyhinesight.com/review-of-an...

After Capitalism Top 10 Shifts: #2 From ECONOMY to SOCIETY. Daily life. Our overriding purpose centers on economic contribution. Am I doing my duty in terms of bringing in money, and then spending it? Everything is monetized. We're an economy, not a society. www.andyhinesight.com/after-capita...

A new short piece on how Imagining After Capitalism relates to transformation in the new "Human Futures." I note that when a potential transformational future is identified, the existing system is excels at “fighting it off.” A long struggle is ahead. www.andyhinesight.com/keeping-our-...

Beware the Head Nod: Our biggest fear in the Activating the future book and class is the head nod ... when something makes intuitive sense and triggers an “I agree” reaction. This doesn’t mean we are going to do it. We've got to etch it in our brains. www.andyhinesight.com/beware-the-h...

After Capitalism Top 10 Shifts: #1 From First To Second Tier Values. In short, Tier 1 values holders believe their way is the right way, and Tier 2 values adopt a more practical, functional fit-to-context approach. We need more Tier 2! www.andyhinesight.com/after-capita...

Rules of Foresight, Part 1. The basic orientation of humans to change is most would rather not. On the road to After Capitalism, we must expect lots of resistance. We are proposing change to the prevailing paradigm – change at deepest level! www.andyhinesight.com/rules-of-for...

Review: Bronze Age Mindset. In thinking about pathways to After Capitalism, we need to think about “off-the-grid” ideas and groups outside of mainstream society, and their motivation, Enter the Bronze Age Pervert. www.andyhinesight.com/review-bronz...

"A Technique for Guiding Images" article shares observations from using an image analysis template for Imagining After Capitalism that I crafted specifically for this project and encourage others to use for whatever topic about the future you are exploring www.andyhinesight.com/a-technique-...

Houston Foresight turns 50. Higher education has not been kind to foresight programs. Ours is the first grad program dedicated to foresight to make it to 50 years, which celebrated with a phenomenal Spring Gathering. www.andyhinesight.com/houston-fore...

With a proverbial magic wand, I choose Shifting Values! So when I saw a call for “Designing Transitions and Future-Making for Systems-Level Change,” I crafted “The Role of Values and Worldview in Societal Transitions: The Case of “After Capitalism.” www.andyhinesight.com/the-role-of-...

The road to After Capitalism is a long and challenging road ahead. It may be tempting to fall into either cynicism or despair. Rebecca Solnit’s classic "Hope in the Dark" is just what the doctor ordered! www.andyhinesight.com/review-solni...

Q1 '25 check-in on what the signals are saying regarding After Capitalism. ‘No Buy’ 2025 Is a Growing Trend; Finding Peace and Purpose Off the Grid; and It's burger time… Startup Lets You Take Out a Micro-Loan to Get Fast Food. Hmm. www.andyhinesight.com/after-capita...

Depremiumization. More and more organizations are chasing premium. The perversity of the current system -- and the need for After Capitalism -- is overtly pandering to the few. The numbers, tho, suggest de-premiumization is more aligned with the emerging future. www.andyhinesight.com/de-premiumiz...

What is the mindset change needed for After Capitalism? What is the core promise of capitalism that needs adjusting? Convenience! The promise of an easy life in the hard times ahead is dangerous. How do you capture the shift? FROM convenience TO what? www.andyhinesight.com/convenience-...

Now, amidst the chaos, is a great time to be building the road to After Capitalism (granted "building” right now is building interest. Two key principles: (1) Don’t stay “down” in down time and (2) Not all things are affected equally in chaos. www.andyhinesight.com/the-road-to-...

What is the most significant challenge you face in getting foresight work implemented? The #1 complaint I hear is some version of “I don’t know what to do with this” or “I don’t know how to get them to act on it.” What “form” do you hear it in? www.andyhinesight.com/your-most-si...

Capitalism, Stagnation, and the Pursuit of Sin What’s a mobster to do? The corporate world is taking over all their ventures. In its desperate search for economic growth, capitalism has fully embraced the pursuit and monetization of sin. www.andyhinesight.com/capitalism-s...

Had a great chat on After Capitalism with Tom Frey, who is a well-known and well-regarded futurist and asked some great questions. Ep. 172: The Future of Capitalism | Andy Hines youtu.be/fmDCmrp2eKM?... via @YouTube

Compromise in futures work is especially relevant to After Capitalism. We may fail to act because a proposal is not perfect, wanting more of X or Y. All-or-nothing often = nothing. Compromise is okay with clarity of vision and a sense of priorities. www.andyhinesight.com/compromising...

Talked "Imagining After Capitalism" with the Great Decisions Group that is part of the Foreign Policy Association. I tried a different "intro" on this one ... starting with a little Systems Thinking! youtu.be/DBaPyixzpag?...

AI is currently Average Intelligence, the average of a large sample size. Using AI to provide answers will lead to massive job loss. If used wisely -- AI as Augmented Intelligence -- it could be a great enabler of abundance future. The choice is ours! www.andyhinesight.com/ai-average-i...

Talking After Capitalism on Monday with a Great Decisions Group that is part of the Foreign Policy Association and Tuesday it's on to a Books and Us podcast hosted in India by Ranjit Monga. www.andyhinesight.com/talking-afte...

Three major themes emerged from the After Capitalism research and are central to the three guiding images: Circular Commons (environmentally driven), Non-Workers Paradise (socially and politically driven), and Tech-Led Abundance (technologically driven). www.andyhinesight.com/three-guidin...

Peak Capitalism? Values shifts are central to the long-term transformation to After Capitalism. Looking at the values types, capitalism does best with those in decline or peaking, and struggles with emerging types. www.andyhinesight.com/peak-capital...

Reminder: Imagining After Capitalism Book Launch Thursday The University of Houston Foresight Activation Lab is hosting the hour in which I’ll share some insights, a panel will discuss their thoughts on the work and we’ll have some open Q&A. Sign up here: www.andyhinesight.com/reminder-ima...

We are living in an economy, not a society. Bizarre when you think about it. The means are ends. Instead of the economy being a tool for a healthy society, it has displaced it. PS: Imagining After Capitalism Book launch Thursday. (Info on the blog) www.andyhinesight.com/we-live-in-a...

Imagining After Capitalism Book Launch . Triarchy Press invites you to join us on Thursday February 20th at 12 pm CST for an exciting virtual gathering to celebrate the release of this thought-provoking book. Details here: www.andyhinesight.com/book-launch-...

Talking Imagining After Capitalism with futurist and economist Vinny Tafuro on his new Design Economics Podcast exploring how design thinking can revolutionize economics for the 21st century. open.spotify.com/episode/5plJ...

Don't take a position on signals of change. We don’t need to say this or that will happen in the future. When we come across a signal of change, we don’t need to decide whether it’s going to happen. Hold your views about the future very loosely. www.andyhinesight.com/dont-take-a-...

Is capitalism in tune with our values? Nope. We are [slowly] from modern values of growth, competition, and achievement - closely aligned w/ capitalism - towards postmodern values of meaning, participation, and connection – which do not align with it. www.andyhinesight.com/capitalism-o...

Is degrowth approaching the mainstream? Not quite. "Growth = Success" is a powerful meme fundamental to capitalism. There is evidence it's hitting a wall. We've commoditized and monetized practically everything. We're running out of things to incorporate. www.andyhinesight.com/degrowth-app...