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The Fourth Turning Is Here

What the Seasons of History Tell Us about How and When This Crisis Will End

by Neil Howe ...

Narrated by Neil Howe ...

Unabridged

20 hours 29 min

The visionary behind the bestselling phenomenon The Fourth Turning looks once again to America’s past to predict our future in this “riveting and revelatory” (Tony Robbins) prophecy for how our present era of unrest will resolve over the next ten years—and what our lives will look like afterward.Thirty years ago, Neil Howe and the late William Strauss dazzled the world with a provocative new ... Read more

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The visionary behind the bestselling phenomenon The Fourth Turning looks once again to America’s past to predict our future in this “riveting and revelatory” (Tony Robbins) prophecy for how our present era of unrest will resolve over the next ten years—and what our lives will look like afterward.Thirty years ago, Neil Howe and the late William Strauss dazzled the world with a provocative new
... Read more
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The Generation Myth

Why When You're Born Matters Less Than You Think

by Bobby Duffy ...

Narrated by Ralph Lister ...

Unabridged

8 hours 48 min

Boomers are narcissists. Millennials are spoiled. Gen Zers are lazy. We assume people born around the same time have basically the same values. It makes for good headlines, but is it true? Bobby Duffy has spent years studying generational distinctions. In this book, he argues that our generational identities are not fixed but fluid, reforming throughout our lives. Based on an analysis of what over ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Boomers are narcissists. Millennials are spoiled. Gen Zers are lazy. We assume people born around the same time have basically the same values. It makes for good headlines, but is it true? Bobby Duffy has spent years studying generational distinctions. In this book, he argues that our generational identities are not fixed but fluid, reforming throughout our lives. Based on an analysis of what over
... Read more
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Empty Planet

The Shock of Global Population Decline

by Darrell Bricker, John Ibbitson ...

Narrated by Robert Petkoff ...

Unabridged

8 hours 40 min

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this “gripping narrative of a world on the cusp of profound change” (New Statesman), an award-winning journalist and leading international social researcher argue that the global population’s inevitable decline will dramatically reshape our social, political, and economic landscape.“An ambitious reimagining of our demographic future.”—The New York Times Book ReviewFor half ... Read more

$17.50 USD

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this “gripping narrative of a world on the cusp of profound change” (New Statesman), an award-winning journalist and leading international social researcher argue that the global population’s inevitable decline will dramatically reshape our social, political, and economic landscape.“An ambitious reimagining of our demographic future.”—The New York Times Book ReviewFor half
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When You Learn the Alphabet

Essays

by Kendra Allen ...

Narrated by Nicole Cash ...

Unabridged

5 hours 24 min

Kendra Allen’s first collection of essays—at its core—is a bunch of mad stories about things she never learned to let go of. Unifying personal narrative and cultural commentary, this collection grapples with the lessons that have been stored between parent and daughter. These parental relationships expose the conditioning that subconsciously informed her ideas on social issues such as colorism, ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Kendra Allen’s first collection of essays—at its core—is a bunch of mad stories about things she never learned to let go of. Unifying personal narrative and cultural commentary, this collection grapples with the lessons that have been stored between parent and daughter. These parental relationships expose the conditioning that subconsciously informed her ideas on social issues such as colorism,
... Read more
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米国の特別さが消えた

普通の国家アメリカの登場

by Cho Jae Chan ...

Narrated by Megan Rose, bEyonder Station Digital Voice ...

Unabridged

41 min

アメリカは、人類史上最も独特な方法で誕生した国家です。王朝の継承や征服戦争ではなく、議論を通じて憲法を制定し連邦を構成したプロセスは、世界史に類を見ません。キリスト教的な信念と開拓精神が、アメリカ人のアイデンティティを形成する核心でした。19世紀の産業革命はアメリカを世界経済の中心に押し上げ、「努力すれば誰でも成功できる」という「アメリカンドリーム」を国家的な神話として定着させました。アングロアメリカンを基盤に超大国の繁栄を成し遂げたアメリカですが、今や人口構造の変化がそのすべてを揺るがしています。アングロ人口が急減する中で、社会階層の再編が同時に進行中です。新しい独占階層が台頭する中で、アメリカは国家アイデンティティの転換という岐路に立っています。「特別さ」を失ったアメリカが迎える未来とは、一体何なのでしょうか？今、その生々しい現場へ、読者の皆さんをご招待します。 ... Read more

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アメリカは、人類史上最も独特な方法で誕生した国家です。王朝の継承や征服戦争ではなく、議論を通じて憲法を制定し連邦を構成したプロセスは、世界史に類を見ません。キリスト教的な信念と開拓精神が、アメリカ人のアイデンティティを形成する核心でした。19世紀の産業革命はアメリカを世界経済の中心に押し上げ、「努力すれば誰でも成功できる」という「アメリカンドリーム」を国家的な神話として定着させました。アングロアメリカンを基盤に超大国の繁栄を成し遂げたアメリカですが、今や人口構造の変化がそのすべてを揺るがしています。アングロ人口が急減する中で、社会階層の再編が同時に進行中です。新しい独占階層が台頭する中で、アメリカは国家アイデンティティの転換という岐路に立っています。「特別さ」を失ったアメリカが迎える未来とは、一体何なのでしょうか？今、その生々しい現場へ、読者の皆さんをご招待します。
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Suburbs

A Very Short Introduction

by Carl Abbott ...

Narrated by Mike Lenz ...

Unabridged

4 hours 14 min

We live in the suburban era. Well over half of all Americans and two-thirds of Canadians live in suburbs. Tracts of suburban bungalows ring Sydney and Melbourne. Suburban apartments rise on the outskirts of Paris, Prague, Singapore, and Beijing. Nearly everyone has a strong opinion about suburbs. Folks who love dense cities scorn "suburbia," while people who like big yards dislike bustling ... Read more

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We live in the suburban era. Well over half of all Americans and two-thirds of Canadians live in suburbs. Tracts of suburban bungalows ring Sydney and Melbourne. Suburban apartments rise on the outskirts of Paris, Prague, Singapore, and Beijing. Nearly everyone has a strong opinion about suburbs. Folks who love dense cities scorn "suburbia," while people who like big yards dislike bustling
... Read more
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The Next America

Boomers, Millennials, and the Looming Generational Showdown

by Paul Taylor, Pew Research Center ...

Narrated by Sean Pratt ...

Unabridged

8 hours 37 min

The America of the near future will look nothing like the America of the recent past.America is in the throes of a demographic overhaul. Huge generation gaps have opened up in our political and social values, our economic well-being, our family structure, our racial and ethnic identity, our gender norms, our religious affiliation, and our technology use.Today's Millennials—well-educated, tech ... Read more

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The America of the near future will look nothing like the America of the recent past.America is in the throes of a demographic overhaul. Huge generation gaps have opened up in our political and social values, our economic well-being, our family structure, our racial and ethnic identity, our gender norms, our religious affiliation, and our technology use.Today's Millennials—well-educated, tech
... Read more
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Abschied von den Boomern (Ungekürzt)

by Heinz Bude ...

Narrated by Wolfgang Wagner ...

Unabridged

2 hours 43 min

Die Boomer nehmen Abschied. Wer zwischen 1955 und 1970 in der Zeit der geburtenstarken Jahrgänge zur Welt gekommen ist, hat den Ruhestand erreicht oder zählt zu den Älteren, die nach und nach ihre Posten freimachen. Die Boomer verbindet das Gefühl, dass es zu viele von ihnen gibt, das spürten sie schon in überfüllten Klassenzimmern und später auf dem Arbeitsmarkt. Daraus resultierte eine Haltung ... Read more

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Die Boomer nehmen Abschied. Wer zwischen 1955 und 1970 in der Zeit der geburtenstarken Jahrgänge zur Welt gekommen ist, hat den Ruhestand erreicht oder zählt zu den Älteren, die nach und nach ihre Posten freimachen. Die Boomer verbindet das Gefühl, dass es zu viele von ihnen gibt, das spürten sie schon in überfüllten Klassenzimmern und später auf dem Arbeitsmarkt. Daraus resultierte eine Haltung
... Read more
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특별함이 사라진 미국

보통 국가 아메리카의 등장

by Cho Jae Chan ...

Narrated by Megan Rose, bEyonder Station Digital Voice ...

Unabridged

36 min

미국은 인류 역사상 가장 독특한 방식으로 탄생한 국가입니다. 왕조의 계승이나 정복 전쟁이 아닌 토론으로 헌법을 제정하고 연방을 구성한 과정은 세계사에 유례가 없습니다.기독교적 신념과 개척정신은 미국인의 정체성을 형성하는 핵심이었습니다 19세기 산업혁명은 미국을 세계 경제의 중심으로 끌어올리며, 노력하면 누구나 성공할 수 있다는 “아메리칸 드림”을 국가적 신화로 자리 잡게 합니다.앵글로아메리칸의 바탕 위에서 초강대국의 번영을 이룬 미국이지만, 이제 인구구조 변화가 그 모든 것을 흔들고 있습니다. 앵글로 인구가 급감하는 동안 사회 계층의 재편이 함께 진행 중입니다.새로운 독점계층이 부상하는 가운데, 미국은 국가정체성 전환이라는 기로에 서 있습니다. 과연 "특별함"을 잃은 미국이 맞이하게 될 미래는 무엇일까요? ... Read more

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미국은 인류 역사상 가장 독특한 방식으로 탄생한 국가입니다. 왕조의 계승이나 정복 전쟁이 아닌 토론으로 헌법을 제정하고 연방을 구성한 과정은 세계사에 유례가 없습니다.기독교적 신념과 개척정신은 미국인의 정체성을 형성하는 핵심이었습니다 19세기 산업혁명은 미국을 세계 경제의 중심으로 끌어올리며, 노력하면 누구나 성공할 수 있다는 “아메리칸 드림”을 국가적 신화로 자리 잡게 합니다.앵글로아메리칸의 바탕 위에서 초강대국의 번영을 이룬 미국이지만, 이제 인구구조 변화가 그 모든 것을 흔들고 있습니다. 앵글로 인구가 급감하는 동안 사회 계층의 재편이 함께 진행 중입니다.새로운 독점계층이 부상하는 가운데, 미국은 국가정체성 전환이라는 기로에 서 있습니다. 과연 "특별함"을 잃은 미국이 맞이하게 될 미래는 무엇일까요?
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Stage (Not Age)

How to Understand and Serve People Over 60—the Fastest Growing, Most Dynamic Market in the World

by Susan Wilner Golden ...

Narrated by Petrea Burchard ...

Unabridged

5 hours 59 min

The $21 trillion opportunity that can only be unlocked if you rethink everything you think you know about people over sixty.In the time it takes you to read this, another twenty Americans will turn sixty-five. Ten thousand people a day are crossing that threshold, and that number will continue to grow. In fifteen years, Americans aged sixty-five and over will outnumber those under age eighteen. ... Read more

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The $21 trillion opportunity that can only be unlocked if you rethink everything you think you know about people over sixty.In the time it takes you to read this, another twenty Americans will turn sixty-five. Ten thousand people a day are crossing that threshold, and that number will continue to grow. In fifteen years, Americans aged sixty-five and over will outnumber those under age eighteen.
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Ethiopia and the Origin of Civilization

by John G. Jackson ...

Narrated by Troy W. Hudson ...

Unabridged

1 hour 9 min

This essay is an effort to highlight the influence of Ethiopia in the history of Civilization. It also devotes consider time to suggesting that Ethiopia’s contribution has been either misunderstood or intentionally ignored by mainstream historians and scholars. Jackson culls research from Archaeology, Comparative Religion, History and Classical Antiquity to propose that contributions from Ethiopia ... Read more

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This essay is an effort to highlight the influence of Ethiopia in the history of Civilization. It also devotes consider time to suggesting that Ethiopia’s contribution has been either misunderstood or intentionally ignored by mainstream historians and scholars. Jackson culls research from Archaeology, Comparative Religion, History and Classical Antiquity to propose that contributions from Ethiopia
... Read more
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Where Did You Get This Number?

A Pollster's Guide to Making Sense of the World

by Anthony Salvanto ...

Narrated by Anthony Salvanto ...

Unabridged

5 hours 45 min

CBS News’ Elections and Surveys Director Anthony Salvanto takes you behind the scenes of polling to show you how to think about who we are and where we’re headed as a nation.As Elections and Surveys Director for CBS News, it’s Anthony Salvanto’s job to understand you—what you think and how you vote. He’s the person behind so many of the poll numbers you see today, making the winner calls on ... Read more

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CBS News’ Elections and Surveys Director Anthony Salvanto takes you behind the scenes of polling to show you how to think about who we are and where we’re headed as a nation.As Elections and Surveys Director for CBS News, it’s Anthony Salvanto’s job to understand you—what you think and how you vote. He’s the person behind so many of the poll numbers you see today, making the winner calls on
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Demography

A Very Short Introduction

by Sarah Harper ...

Narrated by Samantha Desz ...

Unabridged

4 hours 2 min

The generation into which each person is born, the demographic composition of that cohort, and its relation to those born at the same time in other places influences not only a person's life chances, but also the economic and political structures within which that life is lived; the person's access to social and natural resources (food, water, education, jobs, sexual partners); and even the length ... Read more

$10.99 USD

The generation into which each person is born, the demographic composition of that cohort, and its relation to those born at the same time in other places influences not only a person's life chances, but also the economic and political structures within which that life is lived; the person's access to social and natural resources (food, water, education, jobs, sexual partners); and even the length
... Read more
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An Other Kingdom

Departing the Consumer Culture

by Peter Block, Walter Brueggemann, John McKnight ...

Narrated by Mirron Willis ...

Unabridged

3 hours 45 min

Our seduction into beliefs in competition, scarcity, and acquisition are producing too many casualties. We need to depart a kingdom that creates isolation, polarized debate, an exhausted planet, and violence that comes with the will to empire. The abbreviation of this empire is called a consumer culture.We think the free-market ideology that surrounds us is true and inevitable and represents ... Read more

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Our seduction into beliefs in competition, scarcity, and acquisition are producing too many casualties. We need to depart a kingdom that creates isolation, polarized debate, an exhausted planet, and violence that comes with the will to empire. The abbreviation of this empire is called a consumer culture.We think the free-market ideology that surrounds us is true and inevitable and represents
... Read more
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The Infinite Desire for Growth

by Daniel Cohen ...

Narrated by Liam Gerrard ...

Unabridged

4 hours 13 min

The Infinite Desire for Growth spotlights the obsession with wanting more, and the global tensions that have arisen as a result. Amid finite resources, increasing populations, environmental degradation, and political unrest, the quest for new social and individual goals has never been so critical.Leading economist Daniel Cohen provides a whirlwind tour of the history of economic growth, from the ... Read more

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The Infinite Desire for Growth spotlights the obsession with wanting more, and the global tensions that have arisen as a result. Amid finite resources, increasing populations, environmental degradation, and political unrest, the quest for new social and individual goals has never been so critical.Leading economist Daniel Cohen provides a whirlwind tour of the history of economic growth, from the
... Read more
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Je suis noir et je n’aime pas le manioc

by Gaston Kelman ...

Narrated by Jacques Denigelles ...

Unabridged

5 hours 38 min

Gaston Kelman a beau avoir des origines camerounaises, il ne se met pas pour autant à danser le dombolo une fois la nuit tombée. Installé en France depuis vingt ans, ce Bourguignon est l'auteur d'un vivifiant pamphlet contre le racisme ordinaire et son cortège de préjugés. Avec une verve toute voltairienne, il fustige les dangers d'une victimisation outrancière de la communauté noire et tisse par ... Read more

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Gaston Kelman a beau avoir des origines camerounaises, il ne se met pas pour autant à danser le dombolo une fois la nuit tombée. Installé en France depuis vingt ans, ce Bourguignon est l'auteur d'un vivifiant pamphlet contre le racisme ordinaire et son cortège de préjugés. Avec une verve toute voltairienne, il fustige les dangers d'une victimisation outrancière de la communauté noire et tisse par
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The Afrofuturist Evolution

Creative Paths to Self-Discovery

by Ytasha L. Womack ...

Narrated by Karen Chilton ...

Unabridged

11 hours

The spaces revealed through the practice of time manipulation in Black cultures lend themselves to storytelling, a time-hopping process that integrates memory and community.Drawing on disparate philosophies and science behind electronic beat-making, lyricism, dance, memory, myth, and cosmology in the African and African Disaporic traditions, this book seeks to demonstrate relationships between ... Read more

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The spaces revealed through the practice of time manipulation in Black cultures lend themselves to storytelling, a time-hopping process that integrates memory and community.Drawing on disparate philosophies and science behind electronic beat-making, lyricism, dance, memory, myth, and cosmology in the African and African Disaporic traditions, this book seeks to demonstrate relationships between
... Read more
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Why are Younger Children Alone in Reducing Obesity Rates?

by PBS NewsHour ...

Narrated by PBS NewsHour ...

Unabridged

6 min

The Centers for Disease Control is reporting progress in cutting obesity among pre-schoolers. During the past decade, obesity in children aged 2 to 5 has dropped from 14 percent to 8 percent. Christina Economos of the Tufts University School of Medicine joins Gwen Ifill to discuss possible factors in the decrease, including changes to food assistance programs and nutrition and exercise campaigns. ... Read more

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The Centers for Disease Control is reporting progress in cutting obesity among pre-schoolers. During the past decade, obesity in children aged 2 to 5 has dropped from 14 percent to 8 percent. Christina Economos of the Tufts University School of Medicine joins Gwen Ifill to discuss possible factors in the decrease, including changes to food assistance programs and nutrition and exercise campaigns.
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How poverty and mental illness are putting more people behind bars

by PBS NewsHour ...

Narrated by PBS NewsHour ...

Unabridged

7 min

More Americans than ever before are spending time in jail despite a drop in the crime rate in the past two decades. That's according to a new report that also found that a disproportionate number of people in jail suffer from mental illness. Judy Woodruff discusses the findings with Nicholas Turner of the Vera Institute of Justice and Margo Schlanger of the University of Michigan. ... Read more

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More Americans than ever before are spending time in jail despite a drop in the crime rate in the past two decades. That's according to a new report that also found that a disproportionate number of people in jail suffer from mental illness. Judy Woodruff discusses the findings with Nicholas Turner of the Vera Institute of Justice and Margo Schlanger of the University of Michigan.
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Clash of the Generations

Managing the New Workplace Reality

by Valerie M. Grubb ...

Narrated by Randye Kaye ...

Unabridged

6 hours 15 min

Case studies and strategies for more effective multi-generational managementClash of the Generations explores this new and increasingly common workplace phenomenon, and provides strategies to help managers navigate this ever more complex maze. Traditionally, older workers would retire and make room for the next generation; instead, Baby Boomers are now prolonging their time in the workplace, yet ... Read more

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Case studies and strategies for more effective multi-generational managementClash of the Generations explores this new and increasingly common workplace phenomenon, and provides strategies to help managers navigate this ever more complex maze. Traditionally, older workers would retire and make room for the next generation; instead, Baby Boomers are now prolonging their time in the workplace, yet
... Read more
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Education for Extinction

American Indians and the Boarding School Experience, 1875-1928

by David Wallace Adams ...

Narrated by Paul Boehmer ...

Unabridged

18 hours 41 min

The last "Indian War" was fought against Native American children in the dormitories and classrooms of government boarding schools. Only by removing Indian children from their homes for extended periods of time, policymakers reasoned, could white "civilization" take root while childhood memories of "savagism" gradually faded to the point of extinction. In the words of one official: "Kill the ... Read more

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The last "Indian War" was fought against Native American children in the dormitories and classrooms of government boarding schools. Only by removing Indian children from their homes for extended periods of time, policymakers reasoned, could white "civilization" take root while childhood memories of "savagism" gradually faded to the point of extinction. In the words of one official: "Kill the
... Read more
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Demographic Dividend

Turning Population Growth into Economic Gold

by Priyank Agrawal ...

Narrated by christopher ...

Unabridged

1 hour 21 min

Demographic Dividend: Turning Population Growth into Economic Gold offers a comprehensive exploration of one of the most pivotal forces shaping the global economy today—demographic change. This insightful and timely book delves into the concept of the demographic dividend, a period of accelerated economic growth driven by shifts in population structure, particularly when the working-age population ... Read more

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Demographic Dividend: Turning Population Growth into Economic Gold offers a comprehensive exploration of one of the most pivotal forces shaping the global economy today—demographic change. This insightful and timely book delves into the concept of the demographic dividend, a period of accelerated economic growth driven by shifts in population structure, particularly when the working-age population
... Read more
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誕生の終焉

人類が避けて通れない運命

by Max Vega ...

Narrated by Yuto Sato ...

Unabridged

42 min

出生率は下がり、人口は縮小し、世界の先進社会の多くが――静かに、しかし確実に――自らの未来から老いていこうとしている。これは一時的なゆらぎではない。21世紀の新しい人口現実である。『誕生の終焉――人類が避けて通れない運命』は、この変化がなぜ起きているのか、そしてそれが現代の生き方について何を語っているのかを探る書である。個人を責めるのでも、過去を理想化するのでもなく、かつて連続性を支えていた家族・目的・役割・「明日への確信」といった基盤が、どのように静かに弱体化していったのかを丁寧に描き出す。明晰で簡潔な筆致で、本書は人口減少の背後にあるより深い力学を読み解き、人口が収縮する社会が避けて通れない「限られた三つの選択肢」を提示する。そして、統計や政治を超えた問いを静かに投げかける。――私たちは、自らを再生しようとする欲求が薄れていくとき、社会としての本質をどこに見いだすのか。思索的で ... Read more

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出生率は下がり、人口は縮小し、世界の先進社会の多くが――静かに、しかし確実に――自らの未来から老いていこうとしている。これは一時的なゆらぎではない。21世紀の新しい人口現実である。『誕生の終焉――人類が避けて通れない運命』は、この変化がなぜ起きているのか、そしてそれが現代の生き方について何を語っているのかを探る書である。個人を責めるのでも、過去を理想化するのでもなく、かつて連続性を支えていた家族・目的・役割・「明日への確信」といった基盤が、どのように静かに弱体化していったのかを丁寧に描き出す。明晰で簡潔な筆致で、本書は人口減少の背後にあるより深い力学を読み解き、人口が収縮する社会が避けて通れない「限られた三つの選択肢」を提示する。そして、統計や政治を超えた問いを静かに投げかける。――私たちは、自らを再生しようとする欲求が薄れていくとき、社会としての本質をどこに見いだすのか。思索的で
... Read more
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Pluto Generations

Redefining Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z

by Rhys Navarro ...

Narrated by Nick Gallagher ...

Abridged

5 hours 36 min

Are you technically Gen X but feel like you relate more to Millennials? Why are Boomers and Millennials constantly at odds with one another? How do Millennials differ from Gen Z?For decades, professional astrologers have known about the influence of Pluto as the “generational” planet. In this remarkable book, Rhys Navarro discusses the various generations using Plutonic themes and archetypes ... Read more

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Are you technically Gen X but feel like you relate more to Millennials? Why are Boomers and Millennials constantly at odds with one another? How do Millennials differ from Gen Z?For decades, professional astrologers have known about the influence of Pluto as the “generational” planet. In this remarkable book, Rhys Navarro discusses the various generations using Plutonic themes and archetypes
... Read more

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