The Fourth Turning

I read thus book in about 4 hours and I am a slow reader. I was captivated.  It nails what is going on and what has gone on and why it does. There are four turnings (generations) in a cycle. These two guys wrote this back in the mid 90's during the third turning and said the fourth turning would come in the middle of the first decade of 2000's (2005-2008). Man they nailed it right on the head. It tells us what are the possible out comes of this fourth turning around 2020 to 2025. I mean they nail the crisis (start of the fourth turning, remember 2008?). You have got to read this book.

Four everything Vox hates the baby boomers this book predicted why his generation would and this is not new. Vox really needs to read this book it tells him more about why he is the way he is more than I think even he knows. Why the baby boomers are the way they are and what the Millennials would be like (published in 97) and how this could go fascism real fast during the fourth turning if we didn't understand what was going on and deal with it. I can't think of a single book I have read in the last 10 years more important than this one. This one should be filed under prophecy.

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Moods of the Four Turnings

Generation Entering…	First Turning (High)	Second Turning (Awakening)	Third Turning (Unraveling)	Fourth Turning (Crisis)
Elderhoood	Nomad	Hero	Artist	Prophet
Midlife	Hero	Artist	Prophet	Nomad
Young Adulthood	Artist	Prophet	Nomad	Hero
Childhood	Prophet	Nomad	Hero	Artist
Families	Strong	Weakening	Weak	Strengthening
Child Nurture	Loosening	Underprotective	Tightening	Overprotective
Gap Between Gender Roles	Maximum	Narrowing	Minimum	Widening
Ideals	Settled	Discovered	Debated	Championed
Institutions	Reinforced	Attacked	Eroded	Founded
Culture	Innocent	Passionate	Cynical	Practical
Social Structure	Unified	Splintering	Diversified	Gravitating
Worldview	Simple	Complicating	Complex	Simplifying
Special Priority	Maximum Community	Rising Individualism	Maximum Individualism	Rising Community
Social Motivator	Shame	Conscience	Guilt	Stigma
Sense of Greatest Need	Do What Works	Fix Inner World	Do What Feels Right	Fix Outer World
Vision of Future	Brightening	Euphoric	Darkening	Urgent
Wars	Restorative	Controversial	Inconclusive	Total