I finally got to the brilliant Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World by Jason Hickel. It is exquisitely …
After Capitalism Shift #5: From GROWTH to DEGROWTH
The growth question earns a place among the top ten shifts for After Capitalism. Let’s start with the bad news. Growth …
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Talking about Images of Post-Capitalist Futures
HINT: Stick around for a chance to earn a copy of Imagining After Capitalism! Foresight student and …
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After Capitalism Shift #3 From SCARCITY to ABUNDANCE
A few weeks ago we touched on abundance on a cautionary note as we track the capitalism’s attempt to co-opt it with …
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“Post-Growth Finance” Reviews Imagining After Capitalism
The After Capitalism plot is thickening. Check out this nice review of the book on Substack. But perhaps more …
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After Capitalism Shift #4: From MASTERS OF Nature to PARTNERS WITH Nature
Capitalism’s view of nature is that it is something to be conquered and exploited. The more science and technology has …
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Tech-Led Abundance Not Techno-Capitalism
Hopefully, the newly popular Techno-Capitalism will quietly fade away. But we know that hope is not a strategy and we …
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Review of Andy Hines’s Imagining After Capitalism: Images of Post-Capitalist Futures
A very nice review of Imagining After Capitalism by Tristan Markwell, a student in our Houston Foresight program [BTW, …
After Capitalism Top 10 Shifts: #2. From ECONOMY to SOCIETY
(Last time we covered Shift #1 From First To Second Tier Values) Stop and think about our daily life. Our …
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Keeping Our Eye on Transformation: Imagining After Capitalism
I have a new short piece on how Imagining After Capitalism relates to transformation (perfect for a little holiday …
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Beware the Head Nod
Our biggest fear in writing the Activating the Future book and teaching the class is the head nod. The head nod is when …
After Capitalism Top 10 Shifts: #1 From First To Second Tier Values
Another way to phrase this is: From ONE-RIGHT-WAY (traditional, modern, and postmodern) VALUES to MULTIPLE WAYS …
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After Capitalism: What the Signals Are Saying Q2 2025
Here is the second of the quarterly check-ins for 2025 on what the signals are saying regarding After Capitalism. (See …
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Rules of Foresight, Part 1
Note: I’m thinking of an occasional series of some key aspects of foresight, which I can in return relate to the future …
Review: Bronze Age Mindset
Brace yourself. If you’re not familiar with the Bronze Age Pervert, it can be shocking. I debated whether to indirectly …
A Technique for Guiding Images: Imagining the Future After Capitalism
I reviewed dozens of books and reports touching on aspects of After Capitalism. Ultimately, I selected twenty-eight …
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Houston Foresight Turns 50
"We are still here," cried special guest Morpheus at the UH Foresight 50th Anniversary Celebration from May …
The Role of Values in After Capitalism
With the proverbial magic wand, and one change to make to facilitate the transformation to After Capitalism, I choose …. …
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Solnit: Hope in the Dark
We have discussed what we futurists and change agents might do in the current turbulence ... we believers in After …
After Capitalism: What the Signals Are Saying Q1 2025
NOTE: The After Capitalism paperback is back for sale on Amazon (the initial run sold out and there were, um, issues …
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De-premiumization
So many organizations today are seeking the exalted premium segment of customers. Premium of course requires a regular …
Convenience Is the Enemy
What is the mindset change needed to facilitate the transformation to After Capitalism? Put differently, what is the …
The Road to After Capitalism: Opportunity in Chaos
Few would deny that we are in a period of chaos. Perhaps fewer would believe that this is actually an excellent time to …
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Imagining After Capitalism on “Books and Us” Podcast
My latest podcast is available. This one is with Ranjit Monga in India on his Books and Us series. He was very active …
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Your Most Significant Foresight Challenge?
The #1 complaint I hear from clients with foresight projects is some version of “I don’t know what to do with this” or …
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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 …
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Future of Capitalism Podcast
Had a great chat on After Capitalism with Tom Frey, who is a well-known and well-regarded futurist and asked some great …
Compromising Futures: Half-a-Loaf Is Better Than Nothing
Let’s explore the role of compromise in futures work, which is especially relevant given our current focus on After …
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Imagining After Capitalism with the Foreign Policy Association
Talked "Imagining After Capitalism" with the Great Decisions Group that is part of the Foreign Policy Association on …
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AI: Average Intelligence or Augmented Intelligence?
In After Capitalism, we’ve talked about the pivotal role of technology in moving toward the three images. Technology is …
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