We had a nice discussion on the APF list last week that started out on the gig economy and ended up exploring ideas for …
Prosperity without Growth
This week we follow up on Degrowth with Prosperity without Growth from Professor Tim Jackson. It’s a different take in …
Degrowth: A Growing Issue in the Future?
Is it okay yet to talk about degrowth in polite society or mixed company? Alas, I think it is quite okay in postmodern …
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Digging Deeper into Inequality: the 9.9%
Much has been written about inequality, such as Piketty’s wonderful treatise Capital. We hear about the 1%, the 10%, the …
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Evolutionary Reconstruction as Path to Vision
How do we get to our horizon three visions? Gar Alperovitz suggests that “Reform” concepts suggest changes or …
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Foresight: A Unique (possibly crazy) Course of Study
The UH Foresight program made it onto a list of 25 unique and possibly crazy courses of study put out by “The Best …
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A healthy fear of superintelligence
Homo Deus explored the possibility of a new human species emerging. If that wasn’t enough to persuade you that we need …
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Where can we find the fringe? Scanning the fringe part 2
After our scan hit sharing session, which I shared about last week, we jumped into the formal program. Let’s focus on …
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Observations from scanning the fringe (part 1)
The Houston Foresight community devoted a day to Scanning the Fringe for its 2018 Spring Gathering on April 14th. In …
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The Purpose of Purpose?
Surely, purpose would fit with our set of Horizon 3 Visions, right? In fact we originally referred to the “Sustainable …
Tool Time: Diigo for Collecting Scan Hits
One of the sessions at this weekend’s “Scanning the Fringe” event hosted by the Houston Foresight program with the …
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After Capitalism video
For those who prefer video, or listening, I’m posting a video summary of my After Capitalism ideas. It was recorded as …
Circular economy: From Consumers to Users
Sorting through and synthesizing the now 19 concepts fitting with what we’re calling the “sustainable commons” vision of …
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Next up: A new species!
Homo Deus makes the provocative argument that technological progress has Homo Sapiens on the path to becoming a new …
Introducing the Future
I’m sure there a mixed feelings at a conference when it’s time for the futurist session. What is a futurist …
Has Trump Shifted the Baseline?
This question emerged in a working session on the future of US and Mexico relations. In good Framework Foresight …
After Capitalism Visions Taking Shape
Small steps forward. It’s helpful in research to step back everyone once in and while and assess or re-assess where you …
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Abundance: Tech to the Rescue
The title says it all: Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think. If you’re a true believer in technology …
The Future and Reality
The Houston Foresight Program’s Alternative Perspectives class opens with a week on the nature of reality. Each week …
What is a futurist?
When someone asks you what a futurist is, how do you answer? Do you answer differently each time? Maybe you vary it …
Building Foresight Capacity Is a Long Game
Each spring in Proseminar class we explore the past, present, and future of the foresight field. It provides an …
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Setting up a horizon scanning system
One of the great challenges of foresight work has been to establish a consistent ongoing horizon scanning system within …
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Reformation or Transformation
A key question that has consistently informed the research and books that I’ve been going through in this “After …
Looking for the best foresight work
APF’s has just launched the nominations phase of the 2018 Most Significant Futures Works program! This is our …
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Shrinking the [formal] Economy
We have made money more important than it should be. The economy is bigger than it should be. Charles Eisenstein in …
The Neoliberal Capitalist Story
“Social responsibility”….[is a] fundamentally subversive doctrine” in a free society….“there is one and only one social …
Research Projects at Houston Foresight
My project work these days is with the research capability we're building at the University of Houston Foresight …
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Signal: Men without Work
Nicholas Eberstadt of American Enterprise Institute provides helpful insight into an issue that “after capitalism” is …
Reframing After Capitalism
I introduced a new framing of the “After Capitalism” project a few weeks ago in a post on “transition.” Let’s look more …
Visions looks forward, not backward
This Sunday’s NY Times, alongside a piece chortling about the problems that Roy Moore is causing Republicans, featured …
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