Peter Musso

“If a generation’s shadow is two phases of life older (or younger), then a generation’s matching archetype is four phases of life older (or younger). The affinity between grandparent and grandchild is universal folk wisdom—as is the tension between parent and child. Lewis Mumford sums up the pattern nicely: “The commonest axiom of history is that every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.”

What these archetypal myths illustrate is this: Your generation isn’t like the
generation that shaped you, but it has much in common with the generation
that shaped the generation that shaped you. Or, put another way: Archetypes
do not create archetypes like themselves; instead, they create the shadows of
archetypes like themselves.”
― Neil Howe, The Fourth Turning Is Here: What the Seasons of History Tell Us about How and When This Crisis Will End

“Beware of identity politics. I'll rephrase that: have nothing to do with identity politics.”
― Christopher Hitchens, Letters to a Young Contrarian

“There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Ultimately, saying that you don't care about privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different from saying you don't care about freedom of speech because you have nothing to say.”
― Edward Snowden, Permanent Record