> This is a similar idea as the fourth turning "Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. Weak men create hard tim

> This is a similar idea as the fourth turning "Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. Weak men create hard times. Ah, but does that pattern really happen in history, or is it just a recurrent trope, like how a hundred generations of elderly people each keep claiming "youths have no manners anymore"? To quote from the intro to a lengthy piece [0] on the subject: > This complex of ideas is what I phrase as the Fremen Mirage, and as you might imagine from that word ‘mirage,’ there are real, gaping problems in this vision of history. [0] https://acoup.blog/2020/01/17/collections-the-fremen-mirage-part-i-war-at-the-dawn-of-civilization/ https://acoup.blog/2020/01/17/collections-the-fremen-mirage-...