The Fourth Turning

The Fourth Turning Click title for website for the book. I've had arguments with certain kinds of friends (Republicans) who insist that no one, I repeat, NO ONE, would work for anything but money. Or possibly glory. But with Open Source, what I am seeing is something completely different: working for the common good at one's own expense. When I first got on the web, I was looking for Medical information, and stumbled across a medical site that offers all information, free, plus a poster to hang in your office for Open Source. In case you are unaware, sources like JAMA cost. Don't pay, you're locked out of info. Then I came across Linux, and then Firefox. Something is moving among the youngsters. Something their parents know naught what of. This is the generation of the Millennials. Also, check out this website: http://www.millennialsrising.com/ GENERATION Birth Years Famous Member (Man) Famous Member (Woman) Era in which members came of age Archetype

Missionary 1860-1882 Franklin Roosevelt Emma Goldman Third Great Awakening Prophet Lost 1883-1900 Harry Truman Dorothy Parker World War I & Prohibition Nomad G.I. 1901-1924 John Kennedy Katharine Hepburn Depression & World War II Hero Silent 1925-1942 Martin Luther King, Jr. Sandra Day O’Connor American High Artist

Boom 1943-1960 Bill Clinton Marcia Clark Consciousness Revolution Prophet Thirteenth 1961-1981 Charles Barkley Jodie Foster Culture Wars Nomad Millennial 1982-200? Dooney Waters Jessica McClure Millennial Crisis? Hero ?