For fans of The Fourth Turning, here's a recent video where Tony Robbins interviews Turning co-author Neil Howe. They talk for an hour and a half about the concepts and manifestations of the four-part generational sequence (a High, an Awakening, an Unraveling, and a Crisis) and the four archetypes corresponding to each generation: Prophets, Nomads, Heroes, and Artists.
According to Howe, we are well into the Crisis (like the depression/WWII 80 years ago), the Civil War (80 years before that), and the Revolutionary War (80 years before that). He doesn't see a resolution of the Crisis until the early 2030s. We haven't felt enough pain yet to make the changes necessary to unify our country and culture. This should be required viewing for the Q fans. Excellent interview.
I read The Fourth Turning back in 2003. Important trends of history and the age groups. This interview is an update, and confirmation of the observations.
History shapes generations; and generations shape history.
I read The Fourth Turning, too...and when I say “I read” it, I really mean I flipped through it one evening in a Barnes & Noble.