Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Is history cyclical? Do crisis events follow a pattern? These are the questions Neil Howe and William Strauss answer in their Fourth Turning theory. In America, there have been 3 crisis eras already: American Revolution, Civil War, and World War II — so what's next?

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0:24 Strauss-Howe's theory
02:42 The High
03:43 The Awakening
04:14 The Unraveling
04:54 The Crisis
05:28 The Archetypes
08:08 Where are we now?