The Fourth Turning is a crisis. It occurs about every 80 years — a period equivalent to the average lifespan, and a complete turnover of all four generations. We are entering such a crisis now.

These were the predictions made by authors Neil Howe and William Strauss in their 1997 book, The Fourth Turning ... unit of time that spans roughly 80 to 100 years. The idea is that the cycle ...

The Fourth Turning (published in 1998 ... A human life lasts roughly 80 years. Even though humans are living longer on average today, a full life has always been about 80 years.

So says an eerie generational theory known as the Fourth ... a "turning" every 20 years as one generation displaces another, and that this dynamic between the two creates a crisis every 80 years.

Each archetype gives rise to a new era, or "turning," lasting approximately 20-25 years, during which a distinct social, political, and economic climate emerges. The past examples of Fourth ...

I finally got around to reading the interview with Neil Howe, the co-author of The Fourth Turning. In the book ... have gone off a cliff thousands of years ago.. In our research we have found ...