Ted Oakley - Neil Howe Interview - September 14, 2020

[@wojohowitz5432]

I’d be interested to hear Neil’s point of view on Klaus Schwab great reset as it is timed perfectly with 2030.

[@ybigirl]

Neil Howe (and Strauss) is THE REASON I was able to retire before 50 and why I continue to listen to what he says. (Oh, and yes, my Doctorate had a little piece from his generational theory, but I digress...) What I'd suggest to those watching this is that they ACT. Do not be a spectator. ACT upon this forecast to build a business that will be desired 5 years from now. (It is what I did in 2005, after realizing the generation following mine wanted different housing options, hence my early retirement.) You will have lean times, but you will be prepared to provide a service/product that others/GenX don't understand.

[@jessclark202]

Below is a link to the newly formed facebook group ‘Saeculums’. facebook.com/groups/226809532046555 Given that the 'Saeculum' group has been inactive for some time I have established this group as a forum in which to discuss topics related to the cyclical history and generational theories of William Strauss and Neil Howe.

[@ErniesCyclingObsession]

Well said @ybgirl and the epitome of strategy

[@draculawolfman1502]

@@jessclark202 Host the forum somewhere else besides the cesspool that is Facebook.

[@bdearing11]

@@jessclark202 can’t do fb but would be interested

[@juantorregrosap.3168]

Kind of weird to find such an insightful interview/monologue with so few viewers. 👍

[@arizonadesert5861]

What a nice interview!!!🙏

[@Polyester_Avalanche]

The government during the G.I. generation was much smaller and less bureaucratic. And given it's proximity in time to WWII, it made sense for the government to act as 'employer' for the creation of roads, bridges, etc. Today, the infrastructure rebuilding/updating would be MUCH better left to the private sector.

[@rr7firefly]

Maybe so, if there was no inherent corruption in the way that contracts are issued. Just look at the way the construction industry on the East Coast has a definite Mafia imprint.

[@ryanhunsader7038]

Or at least the local level. I can tell you in my small Wisconsin town we have our first millennial mayor and she’s been super aggressive on infrastructure around town and doing good work as a result. But astute observation about the bureaucracy

[@postscript5549]

I disagree with Neil Howe about negative rates. We ALREADY have negative REAL rates (not nominal rates).

[@billykobilca6321]

I'm surprised there are do few viewers of this topic. Really, it's sorta shocking.

[@draculawolfman1502]

Wanting institutions to be something other than serving the wealthiest Americans is hardly looking to them to protect people "like their parents did." I enjoy his thoughts but his whole idea relies on cherry-picking whatever is necessary to create the narrative. Maybe Millennials looked out and saw the rampant hypocrisy, injustice, massive wealth inequality and saw boomers getting rich off the market while students go into decades of debt to pay for a degree that maybe gets your foot in the door. And even then we're constantly told it's who you know. How about the institutions simply work like they were designed to? Is it too much to ask that our branches of government not be designed by and for some of the wealthiest people on the planet to benefit them almost exclusively? Yeah, I guess that makes me a sheltered little millennial who doesn't want to take a risk. You know what I think is risky? Going on living like we are and creating refugees out of future generations. I'm not risk-averse because I didn't go into finance and make millions with a consulting firm. I'm risk-averse in that I don't want to contribute to the planet being left a pile of ash, ruled by pathologically corrupt bigots.

[@pmtreacy10]

You woke fool

[@ptyleranodon3081]

I'm technically a millennial but I just missed the Gen-X train by less than two years so I feel like I can see things from both sides. My wife and I were raised to value big families, and my wife wants nothing more than to be a stay at home mom, so we started having kids pretty young. I went to ITT Tech and got 30k into debt for a sub par associate's degree (which credits, as I found out later, no other schools were willing to accept.) Now I have six kids and it took us 11 years to pay for that degree only to watch ITT get it's doors closed at about the same time for all the shady practices they used (which I witnessed first hand) in order to keep their investors happy. It took me five years after getting that degree to move past my entry level position only to find that I couldn't hack it once the responsibilities increased. Apparently I had ADHD and didn't realize it until I was in my mid-thirties. Now that I'm finally getting that under control and looking forward to working my way into better paying roles it becomes apparent that getting into a new house in Utah (where I currently live) is now at a point where only the wealthy can afford a house. Period. There's a shortage largely tied to the influx of people leaving California and now only those who can afford to outbid the average 15+ bidders on every single (already really expensive) house have a chance. And on top of that there's now news of out-of-state investors buying up whole neighborhoods worth of property from the local builders. I could go on and on but my point is, I made some pretty significant life decisions based on the world I observed when I was young only to watch those opportunities get pulled out from under me by the previous generations. I personally put a high value on work ethic and not needing to rely on others, but I can't deny that that becomes less and less realistic for so many millennials by the year. I think in a broad sense at least, this guy is right. We logistically can't keep doing things the way we have. You can't ignore the human factors.

[@larrycurtis2783]

A boomer 1945, 3 gen x children (78-81) 5mill grands and 8 Digital/Cybers born 2008- 21. Have all 6 books, love it, point of info, Joshua not of hero's but he +Caleb God good guys of rebels who perish. Also note 4types ex.Abraham, idealist,Isaacs,Ishmael rebels,Jacob hero, Joseph dreamer. Then Jesus, Judas the reactionary, Timothy, Titus hero. 9 feel Civil war time 1839to49 were so civic as elders I put them as hero/martyr gen. Bet. Gilded & prog.

[@larrycurtis2783]

A Boomer a New Yorker now idealist LIVING the life in Ethiopia on SSI

[@postscript5549]

The host keeps bringing up the financial side over and again. He doesn't seem interested in the broader philosophy/implications.

[@larrycurtis2783]

And gen cycle Bible. Samuel prophet, Saul reb, David hero, Solomon poet, compromiser, then every 100yrs. Prophet--Elijah, IsAiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel supports gen theory