Introduction Neil Howe:When Bill Strauss and I began studying generations, we were interested in something larger than predicting events. We wanted to understand how history shapes people, and how those people, as they grow older, eventually shape history themselves.But historical change rarely feels historical while you are living through it.It feels like a … [Read more...] about The Fourth Turning Stories: Five Lives in a Changing World
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Convenience Store Woman: Is the New Normal Really Normal?
Introduction Sayaka Murata’s Convenience Store Woman begins with a woman who does not fit the conventional picture of adulthood.Keiko Furukura is unmarried.She has no children.She has spent eighteen years working in the same convenience store.Her family worries.People around her assume she should want something different.Part One asked whether Keiko should … [Read more...] about Convenience Store Woman: Is the New Normal Really Normal?
Protected: 100 Geniuses on Humanity’s Future
What if 100 of history’s greatest minds gathered to decide what kind of world our children should inherit? Introduction by Nick Sasaki There comes a time in the life of a nation when surface strength is no longer enough.Its markets may still move.Its institutions may still function.Its streets may still fill each morning.Its language of success may … [Read more...] about Protected: 100 Geniuses on Humanity’s Future