{"product_id":"2940014732741","title":"Some patterns in world history and how they can be used to predict the future","description":"Everyone wants to know the “lesson of history” but few are able to frame it clearly.  This e-book, whose predecessor has consistently been one of Google’s top-rated sites under the search terms “predict the future”, looks at world history in terms of changing civilizations.  It uses the scheme of world civilization defined in the book, “Five Epochs of Civilization”, published in 2000 by Thistlerose Publications.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnce this framework is established, it becomes possible to look at the rise and fall of civilizations in a worldwide context. Four such civilizations have come to fruition and a fifth is presently developing. Each has its own dominant communication technology and institution of power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBoth creation and destruction are happening in our time. What we know is that the present structure of civilization will not last forever.  What will replace it?  By analogy with previous civilizations, we have a rough idea where our own is headed. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs conceived by Spengler, Toynbee, and McGaughey, civilizations follow an organic life cycle. It then becomes possible to be objective in our thinking about the future.","brand":"Thistlerose Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47168929628400,"sku":"2940014732741","price":3.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014732741","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}