Back to pragmatic analysis, John Xenakis and I compare and contrast conclusions based on Generational Theory against my findings using my methodology of trajectories. We talk about the generational aspects around the globe including the United States, Western Europe, Russia, Georgia, Turkey, Syria, Israel, and China. Major flash-points and trends are identified. Generational Dynamics is very important at this time in America's history because we've entered a new "crisis period." Ten years ago, all the nation's senior government, business and educational leaders and managers were from the generation that grew up during World War II, and experienced the trauma of seeing homelessness, starvation and death all around them, while they lived in fear of German and Japanese bombers. That risk-aversive generation dealt with problems using compromise and containment. Today, those risk-aversive leaders are gone, retired or dead. Today's leaders are from the "Baby Boomer generation," born after World War II with no personal memory of that war. The people in this generation are not risk-aversive. The people in this generation are more likely to be risk-seeking, arrogant, hubristic, narcissistic, and self-assured. That's why America's attitudes have changed so much in the last ten years. Once you understand Generational Dynamics, then you'll understand a very great deal about how the world works, and about America's future for the next thirty years. About the Site Since 2002, we've ...