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What does it mean?
Societal change often happens when shared beliefs or dreams no longer hold true.
In plain terms
An era ends when people stop believing in its main ideas.
What can you take from it?
Societies change when their core beliefs end.

Where it applies

  • political shifts
  • generational change
  • economic transitions

Putting it to work

  • identifying outdated beliefs
  • navigating transitions

Questions to consider

  • What illusions define your time?
  • When do beliefs stop serving society?

Another view

It simplifies historical change to belief systems ignoring material factors.

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