15842069, whats it all about . Neil well, generations is a whole new way of looking at how the past shapes the future. Our book retells the entire story of america from the perspective of separate generations moving through time. We follow each of these generations from childhood to old age, starting with the first puritan colonists and going through the small children of today. Along the way we discovered some outstanding patterns in history that seemed to be recurring in the appearance of generations. We found, for instance, that every generation belongs to one of four lifecycle types that seems to repeat in the same order over time. The appearance of young war heroes is almost always followed by the appearance of a young generation that appears indecisive and conformist to others. The appearance in history of passionate, young moralists is always followed by a generation which appears wild and uneducated to elders. So, what we do is take these patterns and try to use them to show am
Predict future cultural trends. This was recorded in washington, d. C. , as part of cspans book notes series. Ts about an hour. Neil howe, coauthor of generations the history of americas future 15842069, whats it all about . Well, generations is a whole new way of looking at how the path shapes the future. Our book retells the entire story of america from the perspective of separate generations moving through time. We follow each of these generations from childhood to old age, starting with the first puritan colonnists and going through the small children of today. And along the way, we discovered some outstanding patterns, patterns in history that seem to be recurring in the appearance of generations. We found, for instance, that every generation belongs to one of four life cycle types that seems to repeat in the same order over time. The appearance of young war heroes is almost always followed by the appearance of a young generations that appears ininsky sive and conformist. The hist
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