Great book, fourth turning is worth reading. Only fault I have with it is that it seems to focus on boomers and millennials, though that only reinforces the point about the nomads of each cycle doing most of the heavy lifting to get through the winter but never getting the credit.
The actual millennials came to exist after the book was written,and seem to break
the pattern laid out. They are not the hearty new growth of spring.
Same thing happened post civil war, but in that case it was that the generation was essentially killed off.
The winter is almost over, the fake ass greenhouse of eternal summer the millennials were raised in is coming down.
I agree. I am not sure equating millennials to the greatest generation is entirely accurate. The millennials are entering their 40s. The people who became the greatest generation were closer in age to Gen Z. Granted, millennials were slow walked to adulthood, but at this point, they are parents, have established careers...there is definitely some overlap.
(But maybe that is my weary Gen X perspective - clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right...)
Has arrived? I'd say we are deep in to it.
Great book, fourth turning is worth reading. Only fault I have with it is that it seems to focus on boomers and millennials, though that only reinforces the point about the nomads of each cycle doing most of the heavy lifting to get through the winter but never getting the credit.
The actual millennials came to exist after the book was written,and seem to break the pattern laid out. They are not the hearty new growth of spring.
Same thing happened post civil war, but in that case it was that the generation was essentially killed off.
The winter is almost over, the fake ass greenhouse of eternal summer the millennials were raised in is coming down.
Good topic OP.
I agree. I am not sure equating millennials to the greatest generation is entirely accurate. The millennials are entering their 40s. The people who became the greatest generation were closer in age to Gen Z. Granted, millennials were slow walked to adulthood, but at this point, they are parents, have established careers...there is definitely some overlap.
(But maybe that is my weary Gen X perspective - clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right...)
Updoot for a GenXer from another, they always forget about us. Not that we care.
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