The Latest for April 7, 2024

  Prompt the First - Band of Brothers September 9, 2001 - Sunday ~ nearly 23 years ago ~ 55-60 years after the events portrayed WIth regards to people being comforted by the familiarity of battle movies, I was particularly thinking of the use of the Awahanee Hotel in Yosemite Valley as a treatment for shellshock, as PTSD was called at the time. It didn't work very well, because it was TOO quiet and peaceful, and left those affected with only their thoughts. https://www.nps.gov/articles/yosemitehospitalwwii.htm The previous episode where World War II items were discussed - such as The Producers - was The Latest for February 10. (Note - related stuff in Prompt the 2nd from February 10)   Prompt the Second - The Cultural Revolution as 2nd Turning Ref 3 body problem, and Mao being an older …nomad? No, probably prophet himself, if (as it appears) China is a bit ahead of the Anglo-American saeculum who gets more than he expected from the Prophet youth.  https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/3-body-problem-the-chinese-cultural-revolution-explained-briefly/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struggle_session https://bsky.app/profile/nicholasgrossman.bsky.social/post/3kpkdznvl3a25   Prompt the Third - free the anxious generation Concerning a bill posted nearby, and a couple of kids sharing an electric scooter ... without a helmet.  And hints to the possible endings of this Fourth Turning. https://www.anxiousgeneration.com https://www.freerangekids.com