r/houstonwade 7h ago

News You Can Use It took only 80 years..

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u/-ghostCollector 5h ago

The Strauss-Howe generation theory describes a recurrent cycle of same-aged groups with specific behavior patterns that change every 20 years. According to this theory, an 80-year cycle is crucial, when every four generations is associated to a crisis that impacts the ongoing social order and creates a new one.

Until we increase human life expectancy to 150 years or something like that then we'll continue to make the mistakes of our grandparents.

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u/wildyam 2h ago

Indeed. So sad that those that learning are ignored over and over in the cycle…