Crisis Cycles

  • PART 5 — The Dot-Com Bubble (1995–2000)

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    When the Internet’s Hype Outran Reality — and Changed the Future Anyway 1. The Birth of a New Technology Sparks Euphoria In the mid-1990s, the internet entered mainstream consciousness. Suddenly: It felt like a once-in-a-century opportunity. People believed: And in many ways, they were right —just decades too early. 2.…

  • PART 6 — The 2008 Global Financial Crisis

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    When the World’s Financial System Collapsed From Inside 1. The Calm Before the Storm: A Housing Market That Looked Unstoppable In the early 2000s, the United States experienced a dramatic housing boom: Buying a house felt “risk-free.”People believed prices would rise forever. But the foundation was dangerously weak. 2. Subprime…

  • PART 7 — The 2020 Pandemic Shock

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    When the World Pressed Pause, and the Economy Broke Overnight 1. A Crisis That Arrived Without Warning Most economic crises grow slowly, with warning signs: But in early 2020, the world faced something unprecedented: An external, biological event triggered a global economic shutdown. There was no financial root cause.There was…

  • PART 8 — The 2023–2025 Inflation Crisis

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    A Global Cost-of-Living Shock — Without a Financial Collapse 1. A Crisis Born From the Pandemic, Not From the Economy Itself The 2023–2025 inflation crisis was not caused by: Instead, it was the aftershock of 2020’s global shutdown. Pandemic effects created: When the world reopened, these pressures collided — and…

  • PART 9 — Comparing All Crises: Patterns That Repeat

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    The Hidden Cycle Behind 1929, 1970s, 2000, 2008, 2020, and 2023–2025 1. Every Crisis Has a Trigger — But Triggers Fit Into Only 4 Categories Across 100 years, all major crises fall into these four patterns: A. Financial System Collapse B. Cost/Price Shock (Inflation Crisis) C. Technology/Speculation Bubble D. External…

  • PART 10 — The Coming 2030s AI–Economic Crisis

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    The Next Global Shock Will Not Come From Banks or Oil — But From Intelligence Itself 1. Every Era Has a Defining Crisis — The 2030s Will Be AI By studying these patterns, we can see the shape of what comes next. The 2030s will be defined by the first…