Andy’s Recent Content

Peak Population
I was running down a rabbit hole about rewilding (more to come via future postings) as part of After Capitalism and came across Earth4all’s 2023 People and Planet report with two scenarios: Wow! In World Futures class at the Houston Foresight program, we’ve been talking about 10-11 billion as peak population between 2050 and 2100. […]

After Capitalism Shift #10 From ACCUMULATION To DISTRIBUTION
I am leaving this for last, as I see distribution at the core of any solution. The problem of capitalism and the solutions of After Capitalism involve distribution … on a gigantic scale. As we see the melodrama unfold on whether to pay one individual a trillion dollar salary, we must truly question the sanity […]

After Capitalism: What the Signals Are Saying Q4 2025
Here is the fourth of the quarterly check-ins for 2025 on what the signals are saying regarding After Capitalism. (See Q3 2025 here.) Lots of good ones this quarter … it was hard to choose! Drum roll please! Where Have All the Young Men Gone? It’s more than lost boys… It’s a lost generation. A […]
ABOUT ANDY HINES

Dr. Andy Hines is Associate Professor and Program Coordinator at the University of Houston’s Graduate Program in Foresight, bringing together the experience he earned as an organizational, consulting, and academic futurist. He is also speaking, workshopping, and consulting through his firm Hinesight.





