It is the season when students all over the country are graduating and listening to graduation speeches. I have heard more than my share over the years. But never one like this week’s Outside the Box essay, from my friend and world-class demographer Neil Howe. Neil was co-author of The Fourth Turning, which way back in 1997 absolutely nailed the coming generational changes we are now living through, giving us a fascinating and eerily accurate guide to our future. The premise is that a generation is a 20-year period and that generational social tendencies repeat roughly every 80 years and have done so … [visit site to read more]
To the Class of 2012
May 29, 2012 at 10:13 AM EDT
It is the season when students all over the country are graduating and listening to graduation speeches. I have heard more than my share over the years. But never one like this week’s Outside the Box essay, from my friend and world-class demographer Neil Howe. Neil was co-author of The Fourth Turning, which way back in 1997 absolutely nailed the coming generational changes we are now living through, giving us a fascinating and eerily accurate guide to our future. The premise is that a generation is a 20-year period and that generational social tendencies repeat roughly every 80 years and have done so … [visit site to read . . . → Read More: To the Class of 2012
