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.