Generational Dynamics in Singapore
I consider myself a student and follower of Mr Xenakis and his works on Generational Dynamics . It has influenced how I see my children and students and my relationship with them, and also how I see the politics of my country Singapore (where I am a political and community activist). Generational Dynamics is based on a simple idea: That societies and nations make mistakes and then learn lessons from those mistakes. But generations grow older, retire and die, and are replaced by new generations who are too young to remember those mistakes and those lessons. When that happens, the mistakes are repeated. Generational dynamics explains a lot about history. It basically implies that people will ALWAYS forget the lessons of history, because of how generational memory of history create generation gaps, and how these generational gaps create forces that change history. It also explains why history tends to repeat itself about every 80 years, and why the Chinese saying 富不过三代 (wealth does not tr