My very important build on Strauss-Howe. The reason the “nomad” generations in the cycle (Gilded, X, Lost) get isolated is an oxbow lake formation dynamic. You may call this the oxbow corollary to Strauss-Howe.
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Love this. Back to the core of a great ribbonfarm essay:
1) new useful mental model
2) references source material that’s new to me
3) synthesis of many seemingly unrelated concepts
4) funny drawing
5) makes *me* feel contextualized
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