I promised more from our "Mapping Archetype Scenarios across the Three Horizons" research. Let’s geek out a little bit. …
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After Capitalism: How Might We Pay for It?
Followers of After Capitalism are familiar with concepts such as post-work, UBI (Universal Basic Income) and UBS …
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Opposition to Degrowth Is a Sign of Progress
The National Review’s ”Degrowth Is a Dead End” suggests that degrowth as an approach to environmental stewardship “isn’t …
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A Cost of Short-Term Thinking …
... or , another reason why After Capitalism is going to take longer than it should. I/T is supposed to be the …
Scanning, Paywalls, AI, and After Capitalism
It's a somewhat bitter irony that just as many organizations are finally committing to developing a community of …
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After Capitalism: What the Signals Are Saying Q1 2024
I’ve been horizon scanning for After Capitalism for more than a decade now, albeit a bit sporadic in some years. The …
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Can a 20-80 World Work?
Those who have worked in a volunteer organization probably have witnessed that it’s a small percentage of people who do …
Polycrisis Analysis
I'm usually not very timely here in terms of commenting on hot-off-the-press type of events, but I'm going to do it …
Work ain’t Workin’: Is Stinkbombing Next?
The way we work ain’t workin', right? So far workforce resistance has been mostly passive. But what if it turns active … …
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How much sacrifice …
... are we willing to make? Sacrifice seems to be a concept that is out of fashion. Aren’t things tough enough …
Ineffective left driving towards After Capitalism
The last in our series of seven key drivers influencing the move to After Capitalism is the Ineffective Left. The far …
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Climate and Carrying Capacity driving towards After Capitalism
The sixth in our series of seven key drivers influencing the move to After Capitalism is climate change and carrying …
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Stagnation driving towards After Capitalism
The fifth in our series of seven key drivers influencing the move to After Capitalism is technology …
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Automation driving towards After Capitalism
The fourth in our series of seven key drivers influencing the move to After Capitalism is technology …
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Inequality driving towards After Capitalism
The third in our series of seven key drivers influencing the move to After Capitalism is technology …
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Technology Acceleration driving towards After Capitalism
The second in our series of seven key drivers influencing the move to After Capitalism is technology …
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Shifting values driving towards After Capitalism
Back in November, we did a ranking of the key drivers influencing the move to After Capitalism. We start with the …
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The End of the World
is just the beginning according to former Stratfor analyst Peter Ziehan in his “Mapping the Collapse of Globalization.” …
Imagining After Capitalism article
A new Imagining After Capitalism article is out in the Journal of Futures Studies (JOFS). It is the [plant-based] …
A Participatory Economy
Robin Hahnel provides us with a wonderful and useful handbook on the Participatory Economy that “demonstrates concretely …
The Global Question for After Capitalism
I teased the global question a few years ago. I reframed the work to be more globally representative. But I might be …
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Profit or Purpose? Open AI & After Capitalism
There are differing views on how to run an economy. I think most of us here see an After Capitalism future. But we’re …
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Ranking After Capitalism Drivers
A few years ago, readers helped me select the final After Capitalism drivers. I’m [finally] finishing up addressing the …
The State of Thinking
You might recall a post about “it’s okay to think big.” I need to backtrack and get back to the basics of the state of …
On the Road Again
I’m about to rack up some frequent flyer miles carrying the foresight message. I have been cutting back on speaking the …
Your Horizon Scanning Library?
How do you collect and organize your horizon scanning? At Houston Foresight, we have some particular needs (see the …
Observations on Globality of After Capitalism Signals
I was looking for more global examples to put in the After Capitalism manuscript, so I went through my library of 700+ …
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More and more varieties of capitalism
A couple of years ago I posted about what seemed to be a flurry of new varieties of capitalism being written about. I …
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Red Pill Futures
"All I'm offering is the truth" -- Morpheus in The Matrix But he offered so much more -- an image of a future in …
It’s okay to think big
I may be preaching to the choir, but perhaps I can provide some support for big thinkers … as we become an increasingly …