First time I’ve listened to Neil Howe. His presentation has something to do with generations and cycles of social moods followed by periods of crises followed by a new social consensus followed by a new generation, or something like that.
David McAlvany’s ponderous way of asking a question deprived Howe of my giving him a sympathetic listening.
Biden, Howe tells us, is from the “silent generation.” I’ve never heard that term before. Apparently the Silent Generation are those Americans too young to fight in WWII and too old to indulge in the excesses of the 1960s. Alone among the country’s generations, the Silents have never produced a president, — until Joe Biden came along. Howe says the 2020 election, which was three months away at the time of the interview, is “their absolutely last chance to produce a president, it looks as though this generation they will do it with Joe Biden.”
Well, yeah, if you believe Biden was elected counting legal votes only and if you believe the Silents wield great influence and if you believe Biden is actually the party leader, — if you assent to that then Howe’s got a point.
The interview did not whet my appetite to read the book.
I mentioned that I do not think that Howe's recent interviews have been very inspired. Nevertheless, I thought it was interesting, despite being over a year old, as an update on a theory from 24 years earlier. There are more recent interviews with Howe also available.
The interview is 13 months old.
First time I’ve listened to Neil Howe. His presentation has something to do with generations and cycles of social moods followed by periods of crises followed by a new social consensus followed by a new generation, or something like that.
David McAlvany’s ponderous way of asking a question deprived Howe of my giving him a sympathetic listening.
Biden, Howe tells us, is from the “silent generation.” I’ve never heard that term before. Apparently the Silent Generation are those Americans too young to fight in WWII and too old to indulge in the excesses of the 1960s. Alone among the country’s generations, the Silents have never produced a president, — until Joe Biden came along. Howe says the 2020 election, which was three months away at the time of the interview, is “their absolutely last chance to produce a president, it looks as though this generation they will do it with Joe Biden.”
Well, yeah, if you believe Biden was elected counting legal votes only and if you believe the Silents wield great influence and if you believe Biden is actually the party leader, — if you assent to that then Howe’s got a point.
The interview did not whet my appetite to read the book.
I mentioned that I do not think that Howe's recent interviews have been very inspired. Nevertheless, I thought it was interesting, despite being over a year old, as an update on a theory from 24 years earlier. There are more recent interviews with Howe also available.