Why Trust Collapses Before Systems Do Confidence disappears first. Systems rarely fail all at once. They keep running. Payments still clear. Forms still submit. Trains still move. Platforms still load. On paper, everything looks operational. But long before a system actually breaks, trust in it quietly evaporates. That loss of confidence is the real beginning of
From Crisis to Renewal: How Bitcoin and Decentralized Tech Power the Shift From the Fourth Turning to the First Turning What Is the Fourth Turning? According to Strauss and Howe, the authors of the Fourth Turning book, history moves in repeating cycles called turnings, each lasting roughly 20 to 25 years. 1. The First Turning (High) A period of stability, confidence, and strong institutions. Society believes in the systems that