The Fourth Turning Revisited with Brandon Quittem - WBD343

Location: Miami
Date: Tuesday 30th November
Company: Swan Bitcoin
Role: Director of Marketing


“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” 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. 


It is argued that we’re 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. 


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.    


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’s role as a life raft in these
uncertain times, and whether Bitcoin could fundamentally end
these cycles.