Tag: Fourth Turning
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Big Sort: Final Thoughts
(Link to Part 11) As we wrap up this series on Bill Bishop's The Big Sort, I'll have to say that I think he makes a pretty convincing case that sorting has happened. One of the questions I have is whether or not this sorting indicates a significant cultural shift or whether it is part…
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Putin fears hue and cry of Orange Revolution
I wrote recently about the Fourth Turning as an age of crisis. According to William Strauss and Neil Howe, we have just entered that period. Lately, Americans have been almost consumed with national events, terrorism, and events in Iraq. A few days ago, I posted an article about growing unrest about change coming too slowly…
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The Fourth Turning is Here
“Sometime around the year 2005, perhaps a few years before or after, America will enter the Four Turning.” This is the opening sentence to Chapter 10 of Strauss and Howe’s book The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy, as they begin discussing their future expectations. The book was written in the mid-1990s. The authors go on…