Historical cycles

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Growing up with Disruptive Technology

Joshua Meyrowitz, No Sense of Place. Disruptive technology + 18.

TV = 1950 + 18 => 1968

Mosaic web browser => 1993 + 18 => 2011

How about things like war? Major terrorist attacks? Refugee crisis?

The Master Switch

Tim Wu, The Master Switch

Cycle between open and closed "information empires."

American Generational Cycles

William Strauss and Neil Howe, Generations: The History of America's Future, 1584 to 2069. (1992)

Every 80-90 years, America forced to recreate itself. See Sara Robinson's piece for a summary.