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Contents

Preface

Introduction

How to Read This Book

CHAPTER ONE

Epiphany

CHAPTER TWO

“We” versus “Me”

CHAPTER THREE

What Defines a Generation?

CHAPTER FOUR

Duality

CHAPTER FIVE

Alpha Voices and the Six-Year Transitionary Window

CHAPTER SIX

The Limits of Predictability

CHAPTER SEVEN

1923–1933: First Half of the Upswing into “We”

CHAPTER EIGHT

1933–1943: The Second Half of the Upswing, Reaching the Zenith of “We”

CHAPTER NINE

Three Thousand Years of “We” and the Origin of Western Society

CHAPTER TEN

1943–1953: The First Half of the Downswing of “We”

CHAPTER ELEVEN

1953–1963: The Second Half of the Downswing of “We”

CHAPTER TWELVE

1963–1973: The First Half of the Upswing into “Me”

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

1973–1983: The Upswing of “Me” Reaches Its Limit

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Three Thousand Years of “Me:” A “Me” Is About Big Dreams

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

1983–2003: The Twenty-Year Downswing from “Me”

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

2003–2023: The Twenty-Year Upswing into “We” One More Time

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

2013–2023: What Happens Next? A Discussion of Experts

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

Uses of the Pendulum

CHAPTER NINETEEN

Pendulum in the Bible

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index

About the Authors