The Fourth Turning Revisited with Brandon Quittem - WBD343
Location: Miami
Date: Tuesday 30th November
Company: Swan Bitcoin
Role: Director of Marketing
\u201cHistory doesn\u2019t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.\u201d This quote, credited to Mark Twain, is a good TD;LR for The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy by William Strauss and Neil Howe. In this seminal book, they theorize that American history can be subdivided into four recurring generational periods, which culminate in a crisis at the end of 80-90 year cycles.\xa0
It is argued that we\u2019re in the middle of a fourth turning crisis, an era of destruction when institutions are dismantled and rebuilt. In the year since I first spoke to Brandon Quittem about The Fourth Turning, economic and geopolitical events have further fuelled this belief.\xa0
US global hegemony is waning, concern is growing that factional tensions in the US could escalate, there is increasing grass-root tension across the world countries over state-mandated pandemic controls. In the meantime, as economic indicators flash red, trust in politicians and central bankers is rapidly eroding.\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0
So are we witnessing the evolution of the fourth turning amidst the rise of Bitcoin?
In this interview, I talk to Brandon Quittem, a writer and advisor for Swan Bitcoin. We discuss what we can learn from previous turnings, Bitcoin\u2019s role as a life raft in these uncertain times, and whether Bitcoin could fundamentally end these cycles.