Thanks, Deepspace ! Yes, it's too bad we humans have to learn the lessons for a better future the slow, painful way--but that appears what it's taken to bring us from a band of hominids swinging in the trees to where we are today....yeh? This has been our evolutionary path of consciousness thus far....but as the previous 6 mass extinction events prove to us, there are no guarantees....eh? I didn't want to sound too alarmist, but I will share with you what Howe & Strauss outlined as the possible outcomes of this current 4th Turning. 1st: "The next 4th Turning could mark the end of man....an omnicidal Armageddon, destroying everything, leaving nothing." Or 2nd: "The 4th Turning could mark the end of modernity...terrible but not final." Or 3rd: The 4th Turning could spare modernity but mark the end of our nation [USA]....our political constitution, popular culture, & moral standing in the world. 4th Turnings are critical thresholds for national survival." ... "Or the 4th Turning could simply mark the end of the Millennial Saeculum. Mankind, modernity, & America would all persevere...[and] be reborn...in a new mood, a new mood, a new High, and a new Saeculum." (pp. 300- 301) Looks like it's really up to us hominids....still.....yeh? Best o' Luck to us !
Great summary of the Hunchback King! Hope springs eternal. It's too bad humans have to learn the lessons for a better future the slow, painful way.
Thanks, Deepspace ! Yes, it's too bad we humans have to learn the lessons for a better future the slow, painful way--but that appears what it's taken to bring us from a band of hominids swinging in the trees to where we are today....yeh? This has been our evolutionary path of consciousness thus far....but as the previous 6 mass extinction events prove to us, there are no guarantees....eh? I didn't want to sound too alarmist, but I will share with you what Howe & Strauss outlined as the possible outcomes of this current 4th Turning. 1st: "The next 4th Turning could mark the end of man....an omnicidal Armageddon, destroying everything, leaving nothing." Or 2nd: "The 4th Turning could mark the end of modernity...terrible but not final." Or 3rd: The 4th Turning could spare modernity but mark the end of our nation [USA]....our political constitution, popular culture, & moral standing in the world. 4th Turnings are critical thresholds for national survival." ... "Or the 4th Turning could simply mark the end of the Millennial Saeculum. Mankind, modernity, & America would all persevere...[and] be reborn...in a new mood, a new mood, a new High, and a new Saeculum." (pp. 300- 301) Looks like it's really up to us hominids....still.....yeh? Best o' Luck to us !
тАЬIt's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.тАЭ - Yogi Berra
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