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Simply means that social mood runs in repeating cycles from extreme optimism to extreme pessimism. We are a long way from the bottom but I don't believe in determinism and so there is hope. This is dated but gives an overview: youtu.be/DZlH56Bemog. As I said my own thinking is less deterministic.
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Simply means that social mood runs in repeating cycles from extreme optimism to extreme pessimism. We are a long way from the bottom but I don't believe in determinism and so there is hope. This is dated but gives an overview: https://youtu.be/DZlH56Bemog?si=7aTILDF3Z-fjaEOI. As I said my own thinking is less deterministic.