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Monday, June 05, 2006

The pragmatic visionary. It was nice to be mentioned on the blog of Thomas P. M. Barnett, a strategic planner with a vision of how our world can evolve in the next generation so that globalization continues to advance and benefit more of the planet's people, without a repeat of the disaster that derailed the process back in the era of the World Wars.

You see, there are many people who read Strauss and Howe's generational works, especially their prediction of a cycle culminating in a transformative Crisis Era, and assume that means we're doomed to face an impending "clash of civilizations" type Great Power war - which is just not an accurate interpretation of the theory.

What Strauss and Howe say is that at the end of the generational cycle there is a transformation of the civic order, an age of institutional reform which reshapes the outer world (just as the Awakening Era reshaped the inner world). This process will always be messy and painful, but it won't look the same each time it happens - not considering how military realities change and political and economic systems evolve with time. Tom Barnett's strategic vision, outlined in his book The Pentagon's New Map, and further developed in the sequel and of course on his excellent weblog, explains how institutions can evolve in our future to extend globalization's reach - no doomsday required!


Posted by Steve at 5:54 PM



Current ages of the living generations
Lost 106+
G.I. 82-106
Silent 64-82
Boomer 46-64
Gen-X 25-46
Millennial ?-25
Homeland ?


Millennial Saeculum
High 1946-1964
Awakening 1964-1984
Unraveling 1984-?
Crisis ?-




the ageless project
the count at the ageless project 8/15/2006
G.I.7
Silent65
Boomer278
Gen-X1095
Millennial265


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