William Strauss (1947–2007)

Thought provoking. IS this an insight into predestination? We now live at the end of the fourth turning. What were its defining events and stresses? The economic meltdown of 2007? The war in Afghanistan? The Ukraine war? The smartphone? Artificial intelligence?
Certainly there seems more fear of civil war in America than any time in living memory. There is even a movie about it. Perhaps that makes it less likely. IS Biden our gray eminence? Certainly he IS gray. IS he seen as pointing the way to a new future based on self sacrifice? History will judge that. IS artificial intelligence the stepping stone into a new future for our society? There is Michael being written now about limits to free will.… (más)

A lot lost without PDF figures and illustrations. The first line of the book refers to figures and illustrations in ebook. Without those the thesis IS less compelling. Sort of a self fulfilling prophecy. Many Audible titles have downloadable PDFs. Off the authors had really wanted to be convincing they would have included those rather than referring to out of print physical books. A bit greedy on their part.
Also it suffers some from having been published more than 30 years ago. Some of their forecasts have come true.
Now I need to read the fourth turning.… (más)