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cachukis

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4. My thinking is it will take a generation to settle.

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Fri Oct 24, 2025, 11:05 AM

Oct 24

There are technology issues beyond what followed WWII. Analog has been replaced by digital and the human mind has not kept up.
We marveled at and applied the tools that jumped out; television, microwaves, copy machines, fax machines, computers and portable phones.
They were still hands on.
Now, we talk to Alexa and Siri. We are chatting with bot girlfriends and psychologists.
We are living a pace needing high speed computers to solve our problems.
We are not equipped to function at that speed.

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"The Fourth Turning" by William Strauss and Neil Howe. [View all] PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 24 OP

Read that a few years ago. Not a fan of the premise...nt Wounded Bear Oct 24 #1

the writers seem EXCITED about possibilities... ret5hd Oct 24 #3

Yes, much loved by neo-nazi christian dominionist accelerationists. Main psychosocial history on FReak site. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 24 #7

And there are the Christians who want to witness PatSeg Oct 24 #18

9/11 caused the fourth turning MaineBlueBear Oct 24 #2

That was probably part of the 3rd turning Renew Deal Oct 24 #25

My thinking is it will take a generation to settle. cachukis Oct 24 #4

Exactly. It takes longer for things to settle PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 24 #8

I believe Steve Bannon is a big believer in this. underpants Oct 24 #5

It's a thought provoking hypothesis but not especially fact based Bernardo de La Paz Oct 24 #6

They also quote dozens of PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 24 #9

Keeping the long view in the background allows me to maintain my sanity. ariadne0614 Oct 24 #10

Thanks for that suggestion. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 24 #12

I hope it's as interesting to you as it was to me. ariadne0614 Oct 24 #14

Sounds a lot like the crap spouted by the Temple Mount Faithful. pecosbob Oct 24 #11

I have nelver heard of the Temple Mount Faithful. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 24 #13

Leaping to conclusions is so much easier. n/t ariadne0614 Oct 24 #15

It's good and it explains historical cycles Renew Deal Oct 24 #16

What Gen Z riots? WhiskeyGrinder Oct 24 #21

Gen z riots kcoates Oct 24 #22

Correct Renew Deal Oct 24 #23

Our mantra in our household has been doom/gloom since Jan GusBob Oct 24 #17

Thanks. I'll get it. Scrivener7 Oct 24 #19

"Essentially things will get a whole lot worse before they get better, and a lot of things will change." WhiskeyGrinder Oct 24 #20

the other part of it is the consistent 80 year cycle Renew Deal Oct 24 #24

Reconstruction comes after destruction? Do tell. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 24 #29

What happened in Europe after WW2? Renew Deal Oct 24 #30

I'm saying a person doesn't need pseudo science to figure that out. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 24 #31

They buried 80 million dead people leftstreet Oct 24 #33

It's long and complicated, what happened PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 24 #34

You assume too much Renew Deal Oct 24 #37

I'm not assuming anything. PoindexterOglethorpe Saturday #40

Semi-related albeit through a technical lens: TheProle Oct 24 #26

Sustainable capitalism biophile Oct 24 #32

I'm near certain that I'll be dead ZDU Oct 24 #27

Nuclear Annihilation? yankee87 Oct 24 #28

Oh my gosh, my vision disability interpreted the word turning to be tuning quite a different kettle of fish msfiddlestix Oct 24 #35

I think Steve Bannon is fan of that book AZProgressive Oct 24 #36

So is Newt Gingrich. thought crime Oct 24 #38

It's pop history. It passes as intellectualism in an anti-intellectual movement. thought crime Oct 24 #39

Something about a widening gyre? Orrex Saturday #41