Dr. Andy Hines
@ahines.bsky.social
Dr. Andy Hines is a futurist and Associate Professor and Program Coordinator for the University of Houston’s Graduate Program in Foresight and is also speaking, workshopping, and consulting through his firm Hinesight.
UH Foresight is hosting a new IMMERSION weekend workshop: Bringing Futures to Life through Design: Prototyping Possible Tomorrows. Design and experience futures that you and your clients will want over 3 creative, high-energy days from Jan 16-18, 2026.
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Prototyping Tomorrows: An Immersion Weekend - Hinesight....for Foresight
The University of Houston is offering a brand spanking new IMMERSION WEEKEND! It takes us beyond discussion and transports us into the future. This weekend workshop, Bringing Futures to Life through D...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
UH Foresight is hosting a new IMMERSION weekend workshop: Bringing Futures to Life through Design: Prototyping Possible Tomorrows. Design and experience futures that you and your clients will want over 3 creative, high-energy days from Jan 16-18, 2026.
www.andyhinesight.com/prototyping-...
www.andyhinesight.com/prototyping-...
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...
After Capitalism Shift #9 The Future Is Local - Hinesight....for Foresight
During the initial research for After Capitalism, it was striking how many of the concepts had a local approach and scale as part of their recommendations. More than a dozen years later, it’s no longe...
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November 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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...
Podcast: Everyone’s a Futurist - Hinesight....for Foresight
We all think about the future. But futurists do it in a more structured way. In this conversation with Dr. Wendy Slusser of UCLA's Livewell podcast, we explored questions of what it's like to be a fut...
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October 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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.
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Abundance Doesn’t Mean More Stuff - Hinesight....for Foresight
Review: Abundance, Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson This new entry into the Abundance territory is a wildly successful bestseller, written in the classic biz book bestseller style of charming or heart-wr...
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October 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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...
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.
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How Guiding Images Work - Hinesight....for Foresight
How do futurists use guiding images to imagine the future? In this short video, we explore how foresight professionals, strategists, and visionaries use guiding images to shape long-term thinking and ...
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October 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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.
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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?
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Making the future less scary - Hinesight....for Foresight
While most of my time is spent looking for positive guiding images of the future, I think it’s important to look at a wide range. In particular I’m trying to gain some insight into groups who want to...
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October 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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...
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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.
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After Capitalism Shift #8: From PRIVATE to COMMONS - Hinesight....for Foresight
There are aspects of everyday life that we consider so normal that we don’t even question them anymore. We recently discussed how everyone should have a job and go to work, but if we take a historical...
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October 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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...
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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!
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7 Steps for Better Scanning - Hinesight....for Foresight
Curious about how professionals really “see” what’s coming next? At the UH Foresight Program, we’ve had the privilege of collaborating with more than 100 organizations—governments, corporations, non-p...
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September 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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-...
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!
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September 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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...
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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.
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There are Alternatives to Capitalism - Hinesight....for Foresight
While doing some After Capitalism scanning over the weekend, I was surprised – or is it dismayed – by how many references there still are to “there are no alternatives to capitalism.” That was certain...
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September 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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...
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).
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After Capitalism Shift #6: From PAST to FUTURE - Hinesight....for Foresight
Much, if not most, of the work looking at alternatives to capitalism spends a great deal of time focused on the past. This is important to do. I have an undergrad degree in history and I love and appr...
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September 11, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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...
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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.
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After Capitalism: What the Signals Are Saying Q3 2025 - Hinesight....for Foresight
Here is the third of the quarterly check-ins for 2025 on what the signals are saying regarding After Capitalism. (See Q2 2025 here.) Drum roll please! The Right’s War on Capitalism Some on the right a...
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September 3, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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...
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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).
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After Capitalism Revisted on FuturePod - Hinesight....for Foresight
Peter Hayward, former leader of the great Foresight program at Swinburne that was shut down, has been doing the amazing Futurepod podcast for the last several years. My recent visit was episode 228 ,,...
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August 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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...
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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.
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How Degrowth Will Save the World - Hinesight....for Foresight
I finally got to the brilliant Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World by Jason Hickel. It is exquisitely researched, informative, insightful, and well worth reading. It is a worthy edition to ...
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August 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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...
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...
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After Capitalism Shift #5: From GROWTH to DEGROWTH - Hinesight....for Foresight
The growth question earns a place among the top ten shifts for After Capitalism. Let’s start with the bad news. Growth is practically sacrosanct. We are taking on a fundamental myth-metaphor of human ...
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August 19, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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...
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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:
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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:
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Talking about Images of Post-Capitalist Futures - Hinesight....for Foresight
HINT: Stick around for a chance to earn a copy of Imagining After Capitalism! Foresight student and chronicler-of-the-future extraordinaire Tristan Markwell (see his Notes from the Future recorded a c...
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August 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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...
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...
August 5, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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?
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“Post-Growth Finance” Reviews Imagining After Capitalism - Hinesight....for Foresight
The After Capitalism plot is thickening. Check out this nice review of the book on Substack. But perhaps more interesting is who it came from and the work he and his institute are doing! Matt Orsagh f...
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July 29, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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?
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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.
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After Capitalism Shift #4: From MASTERS OF Nature to PARTNERS WITH Nature - Hinesight....for Foresight
Capitalism’s view of nature is that it is something to be conquered and exploited. The more science and technology has advanced, the greater our sense of dominance over nature has grown … to the point...
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July 23, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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...
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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.
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Tech-Led Abundance Not Techno-Capitalism - Hinesight....for Foresight
Hopefully, the newly popular Techno-Capitalism will quietly fade away. But we know that hope is not a strategy and we may have to gear up to fight this. Our After Capitalism version is Tech-Led Abunda...
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July 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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...
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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...
Review of Andy Hines’s Imagining After Capitalism: Images of Post-Capitalist Futures - Hinesight....for Foresight
A very nice review of Imagining After Capitalism by Tristan Markwell, a student in our Houston Foresight program [BTW, his Notes from the Future series is absolutely top-shelf!] I really like how he s...
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July 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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...
After Capitalism Top 10 Shifts: #2. From ECONOMY to SOCIETY - Hinesight....for Foresight
(Last time we covered Shift #1 From First To Second Tier Values) Stop and think about our daily life. Our overriding purpose centers on our economic contribution. Am I doing my duty in terms of bringi...
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July 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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.
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Keeping Our Eye on Transformation: Imagining After Capitalism - Hinesight....for Foresight
I have a new short piece on how Imagining After Capitalism relates to transformation (perfect for a little holiday reading). It highlights the
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July 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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-...
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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.
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Beware the Head Nod - Hinesight....for Foresight
Our biggest fear in writing the Activating the future book and teaching the class is the head nod. The head nod is when something makes immediate sense. It seems and perhaps is obvious. It immediately...
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July 1, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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...
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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!
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After Capitalism Top 10 Shifts: #1 From First To Second Tier Values - Hinesight....for Foresight
Another way to phrase this is: From ONE-RIGHT-WAY (traditional, modern, and postmodern) VALUES to MULTIPLE WAYS (integral) is the #1 shift needed for After Capitalism. Integral values are the first 2n...
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June 24, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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!
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