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An interesting article: it doesn't explicitly use the Generational Dynamics theory or vocabulary, but some good analysis, I think. "He Wasn’t at Berkeley or in Vietnam, but Trump Is a True Product of the Boomer Generation" http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/cover_story/2016/05/donald_tr...

A very interesting prediction! One that bears watching. Thanks for the heads-up!

The present situation reminds me of the Visigoths crossing the Danube ca. 376. Point of similarity: vast numbers of desperate emigrants, driven from their homeland(s) by warfare, appear "suddenly" (though not without forewarning) on Europe's borders, and move inside. Points of difference: The Visigo...

I saw this comment on a Washington Post article about a prominent anti-vax doctor in Arizona, and it ties in quite well, I think, with Generational Dynamics theory: "T[he doctor profiled is a t]otal idiot and should have his license revoked like Wakefield. The first immunocompromised child that dies...

Regarding the slide into the Dark Ages: During the high period of Rome, there may be a generational cycle based on a 'never again' reaction to crises that fades. Later, the tempo increases and becomes more disorderly. Note that oppressive lending is a constant theme of Roman history up until at leas...

Terrific post, very insightful. Thank you.

Looking forward to other responses, lots to work with here.

Not sure of the best place for this, this is the closest match topic I can think of. The money quote long predicted, in a CNBC article today, "MF Global May Not Be Able to Pay Clients Back: Trustee": David Rosen, an energy broker at the New York Mercantile Exchange, said he was leaving the meeting w...

From today's posting; [F]rom the point of view of Generation Dynamics, a new civil war [in Nigeria] is impossible at this time, since only two generations have passed since the crisis civil war of the the late 1960s. I wonder if the 70+-year generational cycle holds as firmly in a country with short...

OK, this is opinion: Gingrich is a blowhard, "a stupid person's idea of what a smart person is like." He's been in academia, politics, and (Heaven help us) lobbying/influence peddling his whole life - never, as far as I have heard, holding a job where he had to soldier it out to the end of the day, ...

Here's an interesting article linked to from Naked Capitalism, with interesting comments, relevant to this discussion: "A good data scientist is hard to find" (http://mathbabe.org/2011/12/26/a-good-data-scientist-is-hard-to-find/) Ending paragraph: How do you select for a good data scientist? Look f...